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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Genet Metab. 2007 May 7;91(3):239–250. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.03.001

Table 3.

Analysis of CNS Histopathology of BMT-treated MPS I Cats

Animal # 82766 4874 4296 4297 4347 4366 4372 4583 BMT BMT

Treatment Status Untreated Untreated BMT BMT BMT BMT BMT BMT Average St Dev

Age at euthanasia (months) 33.6 52.8 35.8 2.2 36.8 36.3 17.7 17.2
Neuronal granulation1
Cerebral Cortex Frequency 5 5 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.6
Intensity 5 5 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.5 3.6 0.6

Caudate Nucleus Frequency 5 5 3.0 NA 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Intensity 5 5 4.0 NA 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.8 0.4

Hippocampus Frequency 5 5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.7 0.5
Intensity 5 5 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 0.4

Thalamus Frequency 5 5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.7 0.5
Intensity 5 5 3.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 0.5

Brain Stem Frequency 5 5 4.0 NA 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.6 0.5
Intensity 5 5 4.0 NA 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Cerebellum Frequency 5 5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.8 0.4
Intensity 5 5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Spinal Cord Frequency 5 5 4.0 NA 3.0 4.0 3.0 NA 3.5 0.6
Intensity 5 5 4.0 NA 4.0 5.0 3.0 NA 4.0 0.8

Fibroblast Vacuolation1 and Mononuclear Cells Infiltration2
Perivascular Space

 Vacuolation Frequency 5 5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 3.7 0.8
Intensity
5 5 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.3 0.5
 Infiltration Frequency 5 5 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 1.5 0.9
Intensity 5 5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 1.4 0.7

Meninges

 Vacuolation Frequency 5 5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.5
Intensity
5 5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.5
 Infiltration Frequency 5 5 2.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 0.6
Intensity 5 5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.5

Choroid Plexus

 Vacuolation Frequency 5 5 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.2 0.8
Intensity
5 5 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.3 0.8
 Infiltration Frequency 5 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.2
Intensity 5 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.2
1

absence = 0; presence in up to 10% of the cells = 1; up to 30% = 2; up to 50% = 3; up to 80% = 4; more than 80% = 5

2

absence = 0; presence in up to 10% of the vessels = 1; up to 30% = 2; up to 50% = 3; up to 80% = 4; more than 80% = 5; NA = not assessed