Fig. 5.

In vivo hematopoietic recovery: complete blood count (CBC). a-c CBC analysis was conducted at 7, 14, 28, and 35 days post-irradiation. Blood was collected from two experimental mouse groups: mice injected with MSCs grown on 1 kPa PDMS (light orange) and 100 kPa PDMS (dark orange). At early times of 7 and 14 days, the no-treatment saline control group (gray) was also included. Mean a white blood cell concentration, b red blood concentration, and c platelet concentrations are plotted with SEM. Blood was drawn from at least three mice per time point (N ≥ 3). Differences were calculated with one-tailed, Student’s t tests with unequal variance, (*p < 0.005)