Figure 3
From: Early innate immune events induced by prolonged cold ischemia exacerbate allograft vasculopathy
Early neutrophil influx is greater in grafts exposed to prolonged cold ischemia. Aortic allografts were exposed to 20 min or 60 min cold ischemia and harvested at 1 d, 3 d, 5 d and 1 wk post transplant. Three randomly chosen sections from each graft were stained for neutrophils. Neutrophil numbers in the media were enumerated. Data shown here represents mean ± SEM. n = 4 animals per time point.