Immune Responses Following Mouse Peripheral Nerve Xenotransplantation in Rats

Figure 3

Electron microscopic analysis of autologous and xenogeneic nerve grafts. Autologous (a)–(c) and xenogeneic mouse (d)–(f) nerve grafts were examined at weeks 2 (a) and (d), 4 (b) and (e), and 8 (c) and (f) posttransplantation. Five rats per group were analyzed at each time point (these are the same animals shown in Figure 1), and representative samples (𝑥5,000) are shown. SC, Schwann cell; NF: nerve fibers.

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