Figure 2.

Retention of adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (ASCs) isolated from luciferase transgenic mice (mASCs) into the lung tissue of Atm-deficient mice. (A) Bioluminescence imaging of mASCs transgenic for the firefly luciferase gene (Luc⁺) in the lung tissue of Atm-deficient mice (Atm^−/−, n = 4) and wild type mice (Atm^+/+, n = 3). MSCs were analyzed at days 1, 3, 6, and 9 after transplantation. (B) Quantitative analysis of the light emission data of the analyzed bioluminescence signals from untransplanted Atm^−/− mice (black bars, n = 3), Luc⁺ mASCs transplanted Atm^−/− mice (grey bars, n = 4), and Atm^+/+ mice (white bars, n=3). ** p < 0.01.