Table 2.

The number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-catalysed deoxyuridine triphosphate-digoxigenine nick-end labelling (TUNEL)-positive and active caspase 3-positive graft-infiltrating cells (GICs) on day 7 after liver transplantation

Combination	TUNEL+ GICs	Active caspase 3+ GICs
B6+/+ into MRL+/+	7·0 ± 0·7*	4·4 ± 1·2†
B6-gld into MRL+/+	6·6 ± 1·4	4·2 ± 0·4
B6+/+ into MRL-lpr	9·8 ± 1·5	6·4 ± 0·4
B6+/+ into MRL-gld	15·6 ± 2·9*	9·2 ± 0·7†
B6-gld into MRL-gld	14·2 ± 1·9	8·6 ± 1·4

Data represent average ± standard error of the mean (SEM) values obtained from five high-power fields of each slide. Similar results were obtained in two other independent experiments.

^*Significant difference (P < 0·05) between B6 ^+/+ into MRL^+/+ and B6^+/+ into MRL-gld.

^†Significant difference (P < 0·01) between B6 ^+/+ into MRL^+/+ and B6^+/+ into MRL-gld.