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. 2020 Jan 16;10:474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57173-5

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Extracellular DNA contributes to elevation of in-circuit pressure. (A) Citrated whole blood stored for 7 days was administered to the circuit and then 5 U/mL of unfractionated heparin was administered at 15 minutes. Deoxyribonuclease (DNase), ribonuclease (RNase), or proteinase was administered at 30 minutes and in-circuit pressure was monitored for up to 60 minutes. N = 4 per group. A waveform of in-circuit pressure in RNase group did not represent because it was almost same as that of no treatment. (B) The paired t-test was used to analyze the difference in the area under the curve (AUC) between DNase treatment and no treatment. *p < 0.05. (C) The filter was removed at 60 minutes and analyzed by immunofluorescence. Fibrin(ogen) was labeled in red and DNA was labeled in blue. Representative images of the whole filter (scale bars: 10 mm) and the magnified view (scale bars: 50 μm) are shown.