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Table 2 Bone marrow cell characteristics measured by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis

From: Ex vivo exposure of bone marrow from chronic kidney disease donor rats to pravastatin limits renal damage in recipient rats with chronic kidney disease

In vitro pravastatin treated cells

 Bone marrow samples

DMEM (n = 10)

Pravastatin (n = 10)

 Granulocytes

31.5 ± 2.6

30.8 ± 2.2

 Lymphocytes

37.4 ± 2.6

38.6 ± 2.5

 Monocytes

10.3 ± 1.9

10.9 ± 1.9

 Stromal cells

7.9 ± 3.6

7.5 ± 3.5

 Viability

96.6 ± 3.4

97.0 ± 2.5

Systemic in vivo pravastatin treatment recipients

 Bone marrow samples

CKD (n = 6)

CKD + pravastatin (n = 5)

 Granulocytes

23.6 ± 1.5

23.8 ± 1.3

 Lymphocytes

31.76 ± 2.8

31.8 ± 2.5

 Monocytes

21.3 ± 0.77

16.9 ± 1.3*

 Stromal cells

6.04 ± 0.4

7.76 ± 0.50*

 Viability

96.8 ± 0.4

97.7 ± 0.01*

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation. CKD, chronic kidney disease; DMEM, Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium. *P <0.05 versus CKD.