“…Because almost all inflammatory cells in EAM are αβT cells and CD11bc + cells, the NC cells were further separated into αβT cells, CD11bc + cells and NCNI cells such as fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells or endothelial cells with anti-phycoerythrin (PE) micro beads (Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) and a MACS magnetic cell sorting system (Miltenyi Biotech) using appropriate monoclonal antibodies, namely PE-conjugated TCRαβ (R73) and CD11bc (OX-42) (Pharmingen, San Diego, CA, USA) [23]. Normal rats were killed and EAM rats were killed on Days 6,9,12,15,18,30 and 60, and their cardiomyocytes were similarly purified for time course analysis of hepcidin, Cox6a2 and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1-α gene expression. For analysis of the relationship between hepcidin/ Cox6a2 and IL-6/γ-actin gene expression or between BNP/Cox6a2 and IL-6/γ-actin gene expression, parts of both ventricles from normal rats and EAM rats killed on Days 6,9,12,15,18,30 and 60 and adjuvant control injected only with adjuvant without cardiac myosin were collected.…”