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. 2017 Mar 28;12(3):e0174396. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174396

Table 1. Quantitative staining analysis of cellular activity.

  5 days postoperative 14 days postoperative 28 days postoperative 56 days postoperative
  WT Cpa3Cre/+ p value WT Cpa3Cre/+ p value WT Cpa3Cre/+ p value WT Cpa3Cre/+ p value
  (n = 6–10) (n = 7–9) (n = 6–13) (n = 7–10) (n = 8–9) (n = 8–10) (n = 5–6) (n = 5–9)  
Cortex  
aTB (#/mm2) 0 0 1.000 0.4 ± 1.1b 0 0.268 1.6 ± 1.3b 0 0.001 0.7 ± 0.7b 0 0.016
CD34 (%) 0.35±0.20 0.24±0.21 0.309 0.69±0.35a 0.70±0.28b 0.942 0.80±0.19b 1.31±0.26b 0.002 0.63±0.18 1.02±0.28b 0.046
ALP (%) 2.22±1.08 2.25±1.98 0.970 5.09±1.34a 6.59±2.48b 0.090 7.41±2.19b 5.98±2.13a 0.192 9.08±3.02b 7.64±2.98b 0.410
TRAP (%) 0.07±0.12 0.01±0.02 0.232 3.70±2.33b 3.88±3.80b 0.898 1.33±0.61 2.63±1.39a 0.025 0.57±0.28 1.30±0.62a 0.025
F4/80 (#/mm2) 0.16±0.06 0.14±0.13 0.774 0.28±0.08 0.39±0.13a 0.103 0.21±0.06 0.40±0.19a 0.017 0.44±0.21a 0.21±0.09 0.081
Defect/Medulla  
aTB (#/mm2) 0 0 1.000 10.0 ± 5.9b 0 <0.001 8.0 ± 3.4b 0 <0.001 4.9 ± 4.1b 0 0.005
CD34 (%) 0.31±0.31 0.14±0.10 0.161 0.87±0.40b 0.92±0.57b 0.810 0.27±0.09 0.45±0.18a 0.035 0.10±0.06 0.22±0.05 0.016
ALP (%) 0.01±0.01 0.02±0.03 0.384 5.16±1.92b 4.37±2.11b 0.378 3.54±1.25b 2.14±0.84a 0.014 2.09±0.78a 2.11±1.54a 0.983
TRAP (%) 0.35±0.44 0.01±0.02 0.047 5.56±2.99b 3.68±2.13b 0.122 1.10±0.63 1.63±0.85a 0.161 0.29±0.15 0.82±0.30a 0.002
F4/80 (#/mm2) 0.72±0.51 0.36±0.29 0.171 3.59±1.24b 2.27±0.67b 0.047 4.03±0.74b 2.96±0.64b 0.009 3.05±0.49b 3.38±0.76b 0.486

aTB mast cells; CD34 vascular endothelial cells; ALP osteoblasts; TRAP osteoclasts; F4/80 macrophages. Significantly different from 5 days postoperative

a p <0.05 and

b p <0.01.