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Table 2 Counts of BrdU-labeled cells in circumvallate taste buds of PBS- and LPS-treated mice.

From: Lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation attenuates taste progenitor cell proliferation and shortens the life span of taste bud cells

Days

PBS

LPS

 

No. of taste bud profiles examined

No. of BrdU-labeled taste bud cells

BrdU-labeled cells per taste bud profile

No. of taste bud profiles examined

No. of BrdU-labeled taste bud cells

BrdU-labeled cells per taste bud profile

 

No. of taste bud profiles examined

No. of BrdU-labeled taste bud cells

BrdU-labeled cells per taste bud profile

No. of taste bud profiles examined

No. of BrdU-labeled taste bud cells

BrdU-labeled cells per taste bud profile

1

291

89

0.31

287

34

0.12

2

373

153

0.41

435

83

0.19

3

430

310

0.72

356

164

0.46

4

328

303

0.92

357

282

0.79

5

352

420

1.19

341

289

0.85

6

344

328

0.95

371

272

0.73

7

306

316

1.03

303

237

0.78

8

305

337

1.10

320

254

0.79

10

346

378

1.09

371

338

0.91

12

337

225

0.67

365

198

0.54

14

368

237

0.64

329

137

0.42

16

331

161

0.49

356

138

0.39

18

320

91

0.28

359

97

0.27

20

409

100

0.24

403

48

0.12

25

342

90

0.26

345

57

0.17

30

331

41

0.12

358

44

0.12

  1. Mice injected with BrdU and PBS or LPS were sacrificed at the indicated time points. Circumvallate sections were stained with antibodies against BrdU and KCNQ1. Confocal fluorescent images were used to count BrdU-labeled cells inside the taste bud profiles defined by the KCNQ1 staining. The total numbers of taste bud profiles examined and the BrdU-labeled taste bud cells counted, as well as the average number of BrdU-labeled cells per taste bud profile, are shown for each time point. These numbers were used to generate the time course curves shown in Figure 4A.