Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 13 pp 13716—13739

Spermine and spermidine modulate T-cell function in older adults with and without cognitive decline ex vivo

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Figure 3. Cytokine data (IL-22, INF-γ, TNF-α) of pre-stimulated T-cell (24 hours) treated with and without Spermine (in pg/ml) for 48 hours in cognitive decline patients and controls. Cytokines – IL22, INF-γ, TNF-α – were measured by Legend-plex (Biolegend) in culture supernatants after 48 hours of Spermine treatment. T-cells were pre-stimulated by CD3/CD28 antibodies for 24 hours before polyamine usage. Spermine was used in the following concentrations: 5μM, 10μM, 100μM, 1000μM, 2000μM. Unstimulated cells (UST) were measured as control. The data sets were not Gaussian-distributed and therefore transformed by R studio orderNorm using the bestNormalize package and analyzed. Raw data (individual data, median + interquantile ranges) (A, B, I, J, E, F) and transformed data are given(mean with lower and upper confidence limits, C, D, K, L, G, H). ncontrol = 12; nCD-patient = 20 * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001.