Figure 4From: Effect of neutrophil depletion on gelatinase expression, edema formation and hemorrhagic transformation after focal ischemic strokeMMP-9 protein expression is unchanged by neutrophil depletion. (A). Representative immunoblot showing immunoreactive MMP-9 bands in both ischemic (I) and non-ischemic (N) hemispheres. (B) Densitometric analysis indicates an ischemia induced elevation of MMP-9 expression that is unaffected by PMN depletion. (*p < 0.05 vs contralateral hemisphere, control n = 6, PMN n = 4).Back to article page