Figure 1. Increase in peritoneal cellular populations in the mertk−/− mouse.
PEC were harvested from male mice at indicated ages and quantified by flow cytometry. A) Total number of PEC from wild-type (■) and mertk−/− (▲) mice were counted. B) The total number of F4/80+ macrophages, C) The total number of CD19+ B cells, and D) The total number of CD3+ T cells were also examined. *** p<0.0001 by 2-way ANOVA comparing wild-type to mertk−/− mice. n≥6 ** p<0.001 by 2-way ANOVA comparing wild-type to mertk−/− mice.