Figure 6.
Inflammatory response throughout the disease progression. (a) Inflammation was assessed in rectus femoris using CD11b antibody against leukocytes (red). DAPI was used to visualise nuclei. Infiltrates of inflammatory cells become evident at day 4, are highly pronounced at day 7, and decrease afterwards. (b) Quantification of CD11b stained areas in wild-type and dy3K/dy3K muscle. There is a clear trend for increased inflammation in 4- and 7-day-old dystrophic muscle, and the CD11b-positive areas are significantly larger in 14- and 21-day-old dy3K/dy3K muscle (p = 0.0004 and p = 0.0126, respectively) compared to age-matched wild-type muscle Scale bar: 40 µm.