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. 2002 Mar;160(3):1057–1068. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64926-7

Table 2.

Quantitative Analysis of Flank Skin from Irradiated (30 Gy) and Nonirradiated WT, Het, and KO Mice

Number/ 5 high-power fields ± SEM (number of samples counted)
Nonirradiated Irradiated Nonirradiated
WT WT Het KO KO
Mast cells 57 ± 4 (6)* 112 ± 11 (16) 89 ± 20 (9) 63 ± 7 (20)* 65 ± 11 (5)
Macrophages 11 ± 1 (6)* 85 ± 11 (12) 60 ± 9 (11) 46 ± 4 (15)* 7 ± 1 (5)
Neutrophils 7 ± 1 (6)* 42 ± 6 (12) 26 ± 4 (7) 19 ± 3 (17)* 10 ± 2 (5)
Blood vessels 55 ± 3 (6) 56 ± 7 (16) 39 ± 2 (10) 41 ± 13 (19) 51 ± 2 (5)§
Myofibroblasts 10 ± 1 (6)* 80 ± 6 (17) 64 ± 6 (9) 59 ± 6 (20) 13 ± 2 (4)

*P < 0.005 versus irradiated WT.

P < 0.02 versus irradiated WT.

P < 0.005 versus irradiated KO.

§P < 0.05 versus irradiated KO.