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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Oct 27;32(1):92–102. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.238618

Figure 3. Longitudinal bioluminescent imaging analysis of BMMC transplantation into normal and ischemic hearts reveals differential early survival patterns.

Figure 3

(A) Images following the same two animals (sham on left and ischemia-reperfusion [I/R] on the right) demonstrate significantly lower number of cells on day 2 in ischemic hearts. Ischemia also induced a proliferation response resulting in a rapid rise in BLI signal between days 2 and 4 in the I/R group (scales represent BLI signal in p/s/cm2/sr). Longitudinal cell survival was similar in both groups, reaching background levels by day 42. Average BLI signal from both sham (n=8) and I/R (n=8) groups are summarized in (B). Background signal range is given by the area shaded blue. Error bars represent SEM, *P < 0.05.