Journal: Biomedicines
Article Title: Lymphocytic Myocarditis in Children with Parvovirus B19 Infection: Pathological and Molecular Insights
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12081909
Figure Lengend Snippet: Correlation of CD3+ T cell infiltration and B19V DNA copies in children with acute and chronic myocarditis. ( A ) Comparison of CD3+ cell count in acute myocarditis without infection, other virus infections, and B19V infection between two age groups (0–2 years and 3–16 years). ( B ) Comparison of CD3+ cell count in chronic myocarditis without infection, other virus infections, and B19V infection between two age groups (0–2 years and 3–16 years). ( C ) Correlation of CD3+ T cell infiltration with viral DNA load in the myocardium (blue) and BC (red). ( D ) Correlation of CD3+ T cell infiltration with viral load in the myocardium (blue) and plasma (red). CD3+ cell count is presented as the number of cells per mm 2 . B19V DNA load is given as the number of copies per µg of DNA (heart or BC) and per ml of plasma. Data are presented as mean ± SEM; ns, not significant; * p < 0.05, and ** p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: For immunohistological detection of cardiac immune cells, a monoclonal rabbit anti-CD3 antibody (clone SP7, 1:500, Novocastra Laboratories, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), a monoclonal mouse anti-human CD68 antibody (clone PG-M1, 1:50) and a monoclonal mouse anti-human HLA-DR alpha-chain antibody (clone TAL.1B5, 1:50), both from DAKO, Hamburg, Germany, were used.
Techniques: Comparison, Cell Counting, Infection, Virus, Clinical Proteomics