Comparing murine lung resident alveolar Siglec-F(high) macrophages to CD11b(high) macrophages following bleomycin injury

Macrophages (MF) have been shown to contribute to fibrogenesis, however the underlying mechanisms and specific MF subsets involved remain unclear. Lung MF can be divided into two subsets: Siglec-Fhi resident alveolar MF and CD11bhi MF that primarily arise from immigrating monocytes. RNA-seq analysis was performed to compare these MF subsets during fibrosis. CD11bhi MF, not Siglec-Fhi MF, expressed high levels of pro-fibrotic chemokines and growth factors. Overall design: C56BL/6 WT mice were treated intratracheally with bleomycin. 8 days later, CD64+Mertk+ MF were sorted into Siglec-F(high) and CD11b(high) subsets. SiglecF(high) MF from naïve mice were also sorted. RNA was isolated and RNA-seq was performed to compare MF subsets.