Figure 2
Figure 2. Skin affected by cutaneous GVHD is enriched in Th1 but not Th17 cells. Punch biopsies from skin affected by aGVHD collected at the time of diagnosis (n = 7), psoriasis (n = 3), and healthy controls (n = 10) were cultured on 3-dimensional matrices in the presence of T-cell growth factors. After 3 weeks, suspension cells were restimulated with phorbol myristate acetate and ionomycin and gated CD4+ T cells were analyzed for the proportion of (A) IL-17 (GVHD+, 0.44% ± 0.18%; psoriasis, 24.6% ± 9.46%; healthy donors, 12.24% ± 1.60%), (B) IL-22 (GHVD+, 2.72% ± 0.61% psoriasis 24.05% ± 1.74%; healthy donors, 22.4% ± 3.82%), and (F) IFN-γ–producing cells (GVHD+, 57.36% ± 10.75%; healthy donors, 21.06% ± 4.63%). Unstimulated samples were analyzed for expression of (C) CCR4 (GVHD+, 14.88% ± 5.44%; healthy donors, 61.80% ± 6.73%) and (D) CCR6 (GVHD+, 3.4% ± 1.46%; healthy donors, 71.97% ± 8.87%). (G) Expression of cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen on circulating CD4+ T cells was measured in patients with cutaneous GVHD (14.69% ± 2.99%, n = 8) and compared with time-matched transplanted patients without GVHD (6.62% ± 1.43%, n = 9). (E) CD3 staining was used to identify T-cell infiltrates, and IL-17/IL-22 staining was used to identify cytokine expression patterns in the skin of patients with aGVHD (n = 6) and psoriasis (n = 1). The sections were examined using an Olympus BX61 microscope equipped with a 20×/0.75 objective lens and images were taken with an Olympus DP71 digital camera and acquired with DP controller 3.1.1.267 Olympus software. *P < .05. **P < .0001. Error bars represent SEM.

Skin affected by cutaneous GVHD is enriched in Th1 but not Th17 cells. Punch biopsies from skin affected by aGVHD collected at the time of diagnosis (n = 7), psoriasis (n = 3), and healthy controls (n = 10) were cultured on 3-dimensional matrices in the presence of T-cell growth factors. After 3 weeks, suspension cells were restimulated with phorbol myristate acetate and ionomycin and gated CD4+ T cells were analyzed for the proportion of (A) IL-17 (GVHD+, 0.44% ± 0.18%; psoriasis, 24.6% ± 9.46%; healthy donors, 12.24% ± 1.60%), (B) IL-22 (GHVD+, 2.72% ± 0.61% psoriasis 24.05% ± 1.74%; healthy donors, 22.4% ± 3.82%), and (F) IFN-γ–producing cells (GVHD+, 57.36% ± 10.75%; healthy donors, 21.06% ± 4.63%). Unstimulated samples were analyzed for expression of (C) CCR4 (GVHD+, 14.88% ± 5.44%; healthy donors, 61.80% ± 6.73%) and (D) CCR6 (GVHD+, 3.4% ± 1.46%; healthy donors, 71.97% ± 8.87%). (G) Expression of cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen on circulating CD4+ T cells was measured in patients with cutaneous GVHD (14.69% ± 2.99%, n = 8) and compared with time-matched transplanted patients without GVHD (6.62% ± 1.43%, n = 9). (E) CD3 staining was used to identify T-cell infiltrates, and IL-17/IL-22 staining was used to identify cytokine expression patterns in the skin of patients with aGVHD (n = 6) and psoriasis (n = 1). The sections were examined using an Olympus BX61 microscope equipped with a 20×/0.75 objective lens and images were taken with an Olympus DP71 digital camera and acquired with DP controller 3.1.1.267 Olympus software. *P < .05. **P < .0001. Error bars represent SEM.

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