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. 2022 Jun 24;11:e77490. doi: 10.7554/eLife.77490

Figure 5. Tongue macrophage distribution during development.

Figure 5.

(a) Representative flow cytometry analysis of tongue leukocytes isolated from Cx3cr1Gfp/+ mice at different embryonic (E) and postnatal (p) days of development and 8 week-old adults. Cells were pre-gated for CD45+ Epcam- Gr1-. (b) Proportions of Cx3cr1-GFP+ FOLR2- (G1) Cx3cr1-GFP+ FOLR2+ (G2) and Cx3cr1-GFP- FOLR2+ (G3) cells out of CD64+ cells. Five to 7 animals per time point were used. (c) 3D reconstructions of whole tongue sagittal sections (left) and magnifications (right) stained with anti-GFP (green), anti-CD31 (blood vessels; red) and anti-TUJ1 (neurons; white) from E14, p0, p3, and p11 Cx3cr1Gfp/+ reporter mouse tongues. White dashed line in magnifications (right) represents the barrier between the epithelium layer and the muscle. The experiment was repeated at least 3 times.