Mice were sacrificed at 1 day and 7 days after MI. The blood, spleen, bone marrow and infarcted myocardium were collected and made into single-cell suspensions for flow cytometry, as previously described26 (link)52 (link). The cells were stained with a mixture of antibodies (anti-CD11b-APC, anti-Gr-1-PerCP-Cy5.5, anti-Ly6C-PE; BD Biosciences). Data were acquired using an LSRII flow cytometer (BD Biosciences) and were analyzed with FlowJo7 software (Tree Star, Inc.).
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