Research Article

Characterization of Transverse Aortic Constriction in Mice Based on the Specific Recruitment of Leukocytes to the Hypertrophic Myocardium and the Aorta Ascendens

Figure 5

TAC provoked the response of the DC compartment in the myocardium, aorta ascendens, aorta descendens, and draining lymph nodes. (a)–(p) The total of the MHC-II+ cells was determined from the fraction of CD45+ Ly6G- cells. The population of cDCs was defined using the CD11c surface staining. CD86 MFI was calculated from the population of all cDCs. The population of CD103+ cDCs was determined based on the results of the CD103 surface staining. The above individual columns indicate the significant differences between the TAC and respective sham group; , , , and .