Additional file 1 of Blocking interleukin-23 ameliorates neuromuscular and thymic defects in myasthenia gravis

Abstract

Additional file 1: Figure S1. Anti-IL-23p19 treatment decreases the activation of SCs and inflammation in EAMG muscle after 2 weeks of treatment. mRNA expression of Pax7 (A), MyoD (B), MyoG (C), Il-6 (D), Il-6r (E), Tgf-β (F) and Il-17a (G) in the Tibialis anterior muscle of CFA and EAMG mice treated with or without anti-IL-23p19 antibody. mRNA analyses were performed in duplicate after 2 weeks treatment. Data were obtained from 2 independent experiments. There were n > 4 mice per group. Each point represents an individual mouse. mRNA expression were determined in duplicate by quantitative RT-PCR. mRNA levels are expressed as arbitrary unit (AU) and normalized to Cypa. P values were obtained with a t-test. P value are δ = 0.06 to 0.05; *  3 mice per treatment condition. P values were obtained using the Wilcoxon matched paired test (A–F) and an ANOVA test (G). Figure S4. Anti-IL-23p19 tends to reduce markers of eGCs in the spleens of EAMG mice. mRNA expression of Il-6 (A), Podoplanin (B) and Aid (C) in the spleens of CFA and EAMG mice treated with or without anti-IL-23p19 antibody. mRNA analyses were performed in duplicate after 2 weeks or 4 weeks of treatment by quantitative RT-PCR. For each treatment time, data were obtained from 2 independent experiments. n > 4 mice per group. Each point represents an individual mouse. The mRNA results are expressed as arbitrary unit (AU) and normalized to Gapdh. P values were obtained with an ANOVA test. P value are as follows *  4 mice per group. Each point represents an individual mouse. The mRNA results are expressed as arbitrary unit (AU) and normalized to Gapdh. P values were obtained with an ANOVA test (δ = 0.05; * < 0.05;**0.007; ***0.001; ****0.0001)