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Peter Baluk, Li-Chin Yao, Jennifer Feng, Talia Romano, Sonia S. Jung, Jessica L. Schreiter, Li Yan, David J. Shealy, Donald M. McDonald
Published in Volume 119, Issue 10
J Clin Invest. 2009; 119(10):2954–2964 doi:10.1172/JCI37626
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Figure 5
Blood vessel remodeling, lymphangiogenesis, and leukocyte influx after blocking TNF signaling.

(A) Extensive blood vessel remodeling and lymphangiogenesis in trachea of WT 14-day M. pulmonis–infected mouse. (B) Little vascular remodeling or lymphatic growth in infected Tnfr1–/– mouse. Scale bar: 200 μm. (C and D) Area density of blood vessels (C) and lymphatics (D) in WT mice treated with anti–TNF-α function–blocking antibody and in Tnfr1–/– (R1–/–) mice infected for 14 days. (E) Bronchial lymph node weight in anti–TNF-α antibody–treated WT mice and in infected Tnfr1–/– mice. P < 0.05, significantly different from (*) pathogen-free or (†) WT infected groups. Anti-TNF Ab, blocking antibody against mouse TNF-α. (F) qRT-PCR measurement of VEGF-A, -C, -D in tracheas of pathogen-free and 14-day infected WT and Tnfr1–/– mice. Expression of VEGF-C, but not VEGF-D is increased in infected WT mice, but not in infected Tnfr1–/– mice. VEGF-A expression is not increased in any infected airways. (GJ) H&E-stained sections of mouse lungs. (G) WT pathogen-free mouse has few H&E-stained leukocytes in lung parenchyma or airway lumen (*). (HJ) 14-day M. pulmonis–infected mice. (H) WT untreated mouse has extensive peribronchial cuffing and leukocytes in airway lumen (*) and lung parenchyma. Leukocyte influx is less prominent in infected WT mouse treated with TNF-α function–blocking antibody (I) and in infected Tnfr1–/– mouse (J). Scale bar: 50 μm.