Table 3 Quantification of total capillaries and capillaries containing bone marrow-derived GFP-positive-incorporated EPCs in the infarct zone

From: Beneficial effects of selective HDL-raising gene transfer on survival, cardiac remodelling and cardiac function after myocardial infarction in mice

 

No prior bone marrow transplantation

Prior bone marrow transplantation

 

Control MI (n=16)

AdA-I MI (n=16)

Control MI (n=16)

AdA-I MI (n=14)

Capillary density (number mm−2)

145±16

197±19*

144±14

198±21*

GFP-positive capillary density (number mm−2)

N.A.

N.A.

30.7±8.0

35.9±8.6

GFP-positive capillaries (% of total capillaries)

N.A.

N.A.

19.3±4.2

18.0±3.4

  1. Abbreviations: EPC, endothelial progenitor cell; GFP, green-fluorescent protein; MI, myocardial infarction; N.A., not applicable.
  2. Data are expressed as means±s.e.m. *P<0.05 for control MI versus AdA-I MI.
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