Advances in small animal mesentery models for in vivo flow cytometry, dynamic microscopy, and drug screening

Table 1 Relationship between lymphocrit and other parameters of microlymphatic function

	Cell % concentrationcells/μL	Lymphocrit%	Proportion ofLymphangions%	Diameterμm	Parameters of phasic contractions		Valve activityPer minute	Cell velocity(μm/s)
					Amplitude(%)	Count of contractionsperminute
Group 1	< 3.75 × 104	< 2	22	106 ± 9ab	50 ± 15ab	12 ± 2	8 ± 0.5b	161 ± 191
Group 2	3.75 × 104-12.2 × 104	2-6	45	141 ± 8a	28 ± 7ac	12 ± 1	11 ± 1	254 ± 151
Group 3	> 12.2 × 104	> 6	33	165 ± 9b	14 ± 5bc	15 ± 1	16 ± 2.5b	214 ± 19

^aP < 0.05, vs Group 2;

^bP < 0.05, vs Group 3;

^cP < 0.05, vs Group 3.