Table 2.

Quantitative analysis of platelet-endothelial cell interactions



Sham, mean ± SEM

I/R, mean ± SEM

JAM-A+/+ platelets, JAM A+/+ mice
JAM-A+/+ platelets, JAM-A+/+ mice
JAM-A−/− platelets, JAM-A+/+ mice
Postsinusoidal venules, cells/mm2  68.7 ± 5.1   537.9 ± 24.9*  413.0 ± 64.5* 
Sinusoids, cells/acinus
 
2.1 ± 0.1
 
11.5 ± 0.4*
 
12.1 ± 0.6*
 


Sham, mean ± SEM

I/R, mean ± SEM

JAM-A+/+ platelets, JAM A+/+ mice
JAM-A+/+ platelets, JAM-A+/+ mice
JAM-A−/− platelets, JAM-A+/+ mice
Postsinusoidal venules, cells/mm2  68.7 ± 5.1   537.9 ± 24.9*  413.0 ± 64.5* 
Sinusoids, cells/acinus
 
2.1 ± 0.1
 
11.5 ± 0.4*
 
12.1 ± 0.6*
 

The number of either wild-type (JAM-A+/+) or JAM-A−/− platelets accumulated in hepatic microvessels in sham-operated mice and in mice after 90 minutes of ischemia and 30 minutes of reperfusion, n = 5 each group.

*

P < .05 versus sham.

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