TLR4 is a regulator of trained immunity in a murine model of Duchennemuscular dystorphy

The main purpose of our study is to investigate if muscle damage in mdx mice alters the phenotype of macropahges at precursor level in the bone marrow. Here we show major remodeling of the epigenetic, metabolic and functional inflammatory profiles of monocyte-derived macrophages from the bone marrow of mdx mice is TLR4-dependent. This altered phenotype of mdx BMDM demonstrates the hallmark features of trained immunity, including being transmissible and long-lasting after bone marrow transplantation to non-dystrophic mice. Examination of 2 different histone modifications in Bone marrow derived macrophages.