Research Article

Modulating Oxidative Stress in B Cells Promotes Immunotherapy in Food Allergy

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Exposure to specific antigen induces oxidative stress in sBregs. LPMCs were prepared from mice primed with OVA and were exposed to specific antigen, OVA, or and FGN, in the culture for 24 h. Naïve Bregs (nBregs) and sBregs were isolated by FACS. ROS and SOD in Breg cell extracts were assessed by ELISA. Boxplots show levels of (a) ROS and (b) SOD in Bregs. (c) Immunoblots show SOD protein in sBregs. (ANOVA followed by the Dunnett’s test), compared with nBreg alone. Each bubble in boxplots presents data obtained from one experiment. FGN2: FGN+SOS inhibitor (ATN220; 1.5 μM).
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