Role of <i>Bone Marrow Soup</i> on acinar cells, blood vessels and cell proliferation rate.

<p><b>A</b>. Area in salivary gland occupied by acinar cells (quantification of 10 representative fields per gland/mouse with NIH image J software). <i>BMSoup</i>-treated group had a comparable percentage of surface area occupied by acinar cells as Control (sham-irradiated) and IR+BM groups, but a higher surface area with acinar cells than irradiated mice (IR+PBS) (*P<0.05, **P<0.01; N = 5 mice per group). <b>B.. </b><i>BMSoup</i>-treated mice had higher density of blood vessels (by von Willebrand factor) than irradiated mice. <b>C.. </b><i>BMSoup</i>-treated mice had higher cell proliferation (by PCNA) than irradiated mice.