Fig. 3.

Increased steady state and post-MI numbers of monocytes in the absence of Hmox1. a Schematic representation of different populations of blood monocytes based on the expression of CD43 and Ly6C markers. Flow cytometric analysis of b classical monocytes (CD45⁺ CD11b⁺ Ly6G⁻ NK1.1⁻ Ly6C⁺⁺ CD43⁺), c intermediate monocytes (CD45⁺ CD11b⁺ Ly6G⁻ NK1.1⁻ Ly6C⁺⁺ CD43⁺⁺) and d non-classical monocytes (CD45⁺ CD11b⁺ Ly6G⁻ NK1.1⁻ Ly6C⁺ CD43⁺⁺) in the peripheral blood of mice after LAD ligation or sham surgery (n = 4–9 mice per group). Data represented as a number of cells per 1 µl of peripheral blood. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.0001