Research Article

Prolonged Survival of Subcutaneous Allogeneic Islet Graft by Donor Chimerism without Immunosuppressive Treatment

Table 2

Population of different cells developed in the peripheral blood of mice that received conditioning and bone marrow cell and/or mesenchymal stem cell transplantation.

Cell population (%)Group A
Renal site
()
Group B
Subcutaneous site
()
Group D
Subcutaneous site
()

Time2 weeks8 weeks2 weeks8 weeks2 weeks8 weeks
CD42.8 ± 1.09.7 ± 1.92.3 ± 1.3i7.1 ± 2.8o15.2 ± 2.8i17.9 ± 1.6o
CD88.5 ± 1.93.6 ± 0.55.9 ± 1.04.5 ± 0.76.8 ± 1.86.3 ± 0.8
CD4593.1 ± 1.592.8 ± 1.891.9 ± 1.089.8 ± 1.988.9 ± 1.398.2 ± 0.3
CD11b83.4 ± 1.548.3 ± 6.685.7 ± 2.8j53.3 ± 14.757.4 ± 2.7j44.6 ± 4.9
CD11c9.0 ± 2.2a,b6.2 ± 1.1e,f3.9 ± 0.6a,k1.1 ± 0.2e,p11.8 ± 4.3b,k9.6 ± 2.5f,p
CD191.1 ± 0.2c15.7 ± 2.3g5.8 ± 1.7l17.7 ± 5.515.7 ± 4.7c,l19.9 ± 4.9g
Gr181.2 ± 1.545.1 ± 6.881.1 ± 3.3m49.9 ± 15.461.6 ± 5.1m54.0 ± 5.0
Foxp34.9 ± 0.8d6.5 ± .0.5h5.3 ± 1.2n5.9 ± 1.2q10.4 ± 1.9d,n10.7 ± 0.6h,q

The mean frequency of different cells in the venous blood was measured by flow cytometry at 2 and 8 weeks posttransplantation. a,b,f,g,l,n, d,e,h,k,o,p, i,m,q, and c,j comparing the two means using independent t-tests.