Table 2.

Bone Marrow Analysis

Nucleated Cell TypesWild-typeIL-6 (−/−)G-CSFR (−/−)IL-6 × GR (−/−)
(% ± SD)(% ± SD)(% ± SD)(% ± SD)
 
Total nucleated cells (×10−6) (per femur) 22.6 ± 4.0 20.8 ± 2.7 25.1 ± 8.4 21.3 ± 3.7 
Myeloblasts 0.3 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.2 
Promyelocytes 1.4 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.5 
Myelocytes 3.2 ± 1.0 3.8 ± 1.5 2.2 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 0.9 
Metamyelocytes neutrophil 17.2 ± 4.7 16.7 ± 3.7 10.2 ± 4.7* 9.0 ± 3.2 
Band and segmented neutrophil 26.4 ± 8.0 24.2 ± 6.4 9.2 ± 2.6 5.5 ± 1.2‡ρ 
Eosinophil lineage 3.7 ± 2.5 3.2 ± 2.0 2.1 ± 1.2 5.2 ± 3.9 
Lymphocyte lineage 23.1 ± 7.8 23.8 ± 2.5 44.8 ± 5.1 40.4 ± 5.8 
Normoblasts 24.7 ± 8.0 26.3 ± 10.1 30.2 ± 6.6 36.9 ± 7.7* 
Myeloid/erythroid ratio 2.4 ± 1.8 2.2 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2* 
Nucleated Cell TypesWild-typeIL-6 (−/−)G-CSFR (−/−)IL-6 × GR (−/−)
(% ± SD)(% ± SD)(% ± SD)(% ± SD)
 
Total nucleated cells (×10−6) (per femur) 22.6 ± 4.0 20.8 ± 2.7 25.1 ± 8.4 21.3 ± 3.7 
Myeloblasts 0.3 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.2 
Promyelocytes 1.4 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.5 
Myelocytes 3.2 ± 1.0 3.8 ± 1.5 2.2 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 0.9 
Metamyelocytes neutrophil 17.2 ± 4.7 16.7 ± 3.7 10.2 ± 4.7* 9.0 ± 3.2 
Band and segmented neutrophil 26.4 ± 8.0 24.2 ± 6.4 9.2 ± 2.6 5.5 ± 1.2‡ρ 
Eosinophil lineage 3.7 ± 2.5 3.2 ± 2.0 2.1 ± 1.2 5.2 ± 3.9 
Lymphocyte lineage 23.1 ± 7.8 23.8 ± 2.5 44.8 ± 5.1 40.4 ± 5.8 
Normoblasts 24.7 ± 8.0 26.3 ± 10.1 30.2 ± 6.6 36.9 ± 7.7* 
Myeloid/erythroid ratio 2.4 ± 1.8 2.2 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2* 

Cell counts and 500-count manual leukocyte-differentials were performed on mononuclear cells recovered from the femurs of 6 to 7 sex-matched mice of each genotype. Data represent the mean ± SD.

*

P < .05 compared with wild-type mice.

P < .01 compared with wild-type mice.

P < .001 compared with wild-type mice.

ρ P < .01 compared with G-CSFR (−/−) mice.

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