Figure 5.
Changes in hematologic parameters in adult mice treated with anti-VEGF. (A) Changes in C57BL/6 adult mice aged 16 weeks following 2 weeks of anti-VEGF or control IgG treatment. Whole blood was collected at necropsy and analyzed by automated hematologic analysis. MON indicates monocyte count; MCV, mean corpuscular volume. (B) Fluorescence-activated cell scan of BMMNCs isolated from C57BL/6 adult mice treated with the anti-VEGF or control compounds is indicated. There were no significant changes in the cell population of the group aged 16 weeks that were treated for 2 weeks. Data are mean ± standard deviation. (C) Fluorescence-activated cell scan of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) collected from G6-23-IgG–treated C57BL/6 adult mice (n = 7) following 2 weeks of treatment. Isolated cells were incubated with lineage-specific monoclonal antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. The relative percent of positively stained cells compared with total cells are displayed. There were minor changes in the B220, Gr1, and Ter119 population in some treatment groups relative to control.