Laser capture microdissection and genetic analysis of carbon-labeled Kupffer cells

Figure 6 Kupffer-cell-specific mRNA transcripts are enriched in the laser-captured material. Carbon-labelled cells or total liver section scrapes were obtained from three mice; Kupffer cell receptor and CSF-1 receptor mRNA transcripts were quantified by real-time RT-PCR. ^aSignificantly more than extracted from total tissue scrapes (P < 0.005; non-paired Student t test).