Figure 3. The rearrangement of immunoglobulin gene (Ig) loci in the bone marrow of irradiated mice.
Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed with bone marrow cells from 6 to 8-week-old control mice (0 Gy, black bar) and sub-TBI (5 and 10 Gy) mice (gray bars). (A) The mRNA relative expression of Ig heavy-chain (IgH) loci VH7183-DJH and (B) VHJ558-DJH; (C) the pre-BCR genes surrogate light chain (SLC) component λ5; (D) IgL κ gene (Vκ1-JCκ); and (E) IgL λ gene (Vλ1-JCλ1) rearrangements. Results are representative of 3 independent experiments. * represents P<0.05 and ** represents P<0.01, as compared with the 0-Gy group (n = 5).