Figure 3.
Mast cells transiently increase after grafting under both matched and mismatched conditions. Analysis of skin tdT/c-kit positive MC in nongrafted and grafted tissue as indicated. Numbers are absolute numbers of counted MC per ear pair in the indicated conditions following tissue extraction and flow cytometry analysis as detailed under Materials & Methods. Data represent means ± SEM from at least 4 independent experiments (total n = 8 to 10 mice/condition. *compares nongraft vs. graft conditions, # compares mast cell sufficient PBS (+ MC) vs. MC-deficient DT (-MC) treated mice, §compares matched vs. mismatched conditions using two-way ANOVA test using the nonparametric Bonneferoni multiple comparisons test (comparing all the groups).