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Yun He, Yan Luo, Shibo Tang, Iiro Rajantie, Petri Salven, Matthias Heil, Rong Zhang, Dianhong Luo, Xianghong Li, Hongbo Chi, Jun Yu, Peter Carmeliet, Wolfgang Schaper, Albert J. Sinusas, William C. Sessa, Kari Alitalo, Wang Min
Published in Volume 116, Issue 9
J Clin Invest. 2006; 116(9):2344–2355 doi:10.1172/JCI28123
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Figure 5
Critical roles of Bmx in ischemia-induced neovascularization and pericyte recruitment.

(A) Characterization of ischemia-responsive regions. The region of the gastrocnemius muscles outlined in red was the most responsive to ischemia and was selected for further analyses. The region was immunostained with CD31 (an EC marker) (B) and α-SMA (a smooth muscle/pericyte marker) (C) to determine capillary density and pericyte recruitment, respectively. Representative sections from nonischemic and ischemic groups of C57BL/6, Bmx-KO, and Bmx-SK-Tg mice on day 3 after ischemia are shown. (DF) Quantitation of capillaries (number/mm2 muscle area), ratio of CD31-positive to total myocytes, and α-SMA–positive staining (number/mm2 muscle area). Data are mean ± SEM from 10 fields per section (3 sections/mouse and n = 4 for each strain). *P < 0.05.