Research Article

Prolactin Levels Correlate with Abnormal B Cell Maturation in MRL and MRL/lpr Mouse Models of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Like Disease

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Absolute number of B cells from bone marrow after the induction of hyperprolactinaemia. Nine-week-old mice were treated with metoclopramide (200 μg/100 μL) to induce hyperprolactinaemia (HyperPRL) or PBS (100 μL) for 6 weeks, with eight mice per condition. At the end of the treatment, bone marrow cells were labelled with antibodies against B220, CD43, CD23, and IgM. (a) Graph of the absolute numbers of pro-B cells. (b) Graph of the absolute numbers of immature B cells. (c) Graph of the absolute numbers of pre-B cells. The asterisks denote statistical significance between populations with the value shown.
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