Table 1 Survival ratio of recipient mice after IV-BMT and IBM-BMT of β4GalT-1-deficient BMCs.

From: Galactosyl carbohydrate residues on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells are essential for homing and engraftment to the bone marrow

BMT methods

Donor BMCs

Recipient mice

Survival ratio (alive/total)

0*

5*

10*

15*

60*

IV-BMT

β4GalT-1 −/−

C57BL/6 (wt)

3/3

3/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

 

β4GalT-1 +/−

C57BL/6 (wt)

4/4

4/4

4/4

4/4

4/4

 

β4GalT-1 −/−

β4GalT-1 −/−

2/2

2/2

0/2

0/2

0/2

 

C57BL/6 (wt)

β4GalT-1 −/−

3/3

3/3

3/3

3/3

3/3

 

no

C57BL/6 (wt)

3/3

3/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

IBM-BMT

β4GalT-1 −/−

C57BL/6 (wt)

4/4

4/4

0/4

0/4

0/4

 

β4GalT-1 +/−

C57BL/6 (wt)

5/5

5/5

5/5

5/5

5/5

 

no

C57BL/6 (wt)

4/4

3/4

0/4

0/4

0/4

IV-BMT

β4GalT-1 −/−

NOD/SCID

4/4

4/4

0/4

0/4

 
 

β4GalT-1 +/−

NOD/SCID

4/4

4/4

4/4

4/4

 
 

no

NOD/SCID

2/2

1/2

0/2

0/2

 
  1. *Days after BMT.