Table 2.
Semi-quantitative comparison among immunoreactivities of albumin (Alb), BSA, and IgG1 in living mouse hearts with IVCT under normal and saline injection or at various time-intervals after BSA (100 mg/ml) injection
| Normal or saline injection | BSA injection | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 min | 30 min | 4 hr | 8 hr | 48 hr | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alb | BSA | IgG1 | Alb | BSA | IgG1 | Alb | BSA | IgG1 | Alb | BSA | IgG1 | Alb | BSA | IgG1 | Alb | BSA | IgG1 | ||||||
| Blood vessel | 3+ | – | 2+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 3+ | 2+ | 2+ | |||||
| Interstitium | 2+ | – | + | 2+ | – | + | 2+ | 2+ | + | 2+ | 2+ | + | 2+ | 2+ | + | 2+ | – | + | |||||
| Intercalated disc | + | – | – | + | – | – | + | ± | – | + | ± | + ~ ± | + | ± | ∠ | + | ∠ | ∠ | |||||
| T-tubule | + | – | – | + | – | – | + | ± | – | + | ± | + ~ ± | + | ± | ∠ | + | ∠ | ∠ | |||||
Negative: (–), Unclear: (±), Immunopositive: (+), Moderately immunopositive: (2+), Strongly immunopositive: (3+).