Acute and Chronic Local Inflammatory Reaction after Implantation of Different Extracellular Porcine Dermis Collagen Matrices in Rats

Figure 5

Percentage of stained area for different immune cells in the peri-implant tissue after implantation of Permacol (white boxes) and NRX (grey boxes). Boxes represent median and interquartile range, whiskers minimum and maximum values. , nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test. (a) CD68+ (M1-like) macrophages; (b) CD163+ (M2-like) macrophages; (c) T lymphocytes; (d) NK cells; (e) MHC class II positive cells; (f) nestin positive cells.

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