Figure 3
Figure 3. Organ pathology scores and inflammatory cytokine levels in B6D2 mice receiving TCD BM cells plus Tn cells from WT B6 or CCR7−/− B6 donors. B6D2 recipients were lethally irradiated and then administered 3 × 106 TCD BM cells from WT B6 donors with or without 4 × 106 CD25-depleted Tn cells from either WT B6 or CCR7−/− B6 donors on day 0. Error bars indicate SEM. (A) Recipient animals were killed between days 18 and 21, and their organs were extracted for pathologic analysis. Organs were assigned a histologic score between 0 and 4 by a pathologist blinded to treatment group using a system described previously. n = 14 WT Tn cell recipients and 12 CCR7−/− Tn cell recipients. *P = .017, **P < .001 by Mann-Whitney test. (B-C) Recipient animals were killed on transplantation day +15, and their organs were homogenized in a PBS/protease-inhibitor solution. TNF-α and IFN-γ levels were then quantified by ELISA. (B) *P = .017 by Student t test. (C) *P = .052.

Organ pathology scores and inflammatory cytokine levels in B6D2 mice receiving TCD BM cells plus Tn cells from WT B6 or CCR7−/− B6 donors. B6D2 recipients were lethally irradiated and then administered 3 × 106 TCD BM cells from WT B6 donors with or without 4 × 106 CD25-depleted Tn cells from either WT B6 or CCR7−/− B6 donors on day 0. Error bars indicate SEM. (A) Recipient animals were killed between days 18 and 21, and their organs were extracted for pathologic analysis. Organs were assigned a histologic score between 0 and 4 by a pathologist blinded to treatment group using a system described previously. n = 14 WT Tn cell recipients and 12 CCR7−/− Tn cell recipients. *P = .017, **P < .001 by Mann-Whitney test. (B-C) Recipient animals were killed on transplantation day +15, and their organs were homogenized in a PBS/protease-inhibitor solution. TNF-α and IFN-γ levels were then quantified by ELISA. (B) *P = .017 by Student t test. (C) *P = .052.

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