Figure 1

Isolation of GIM and expression of surface markers demonstrating the purity of the GIM population (CD11b vs. CD45) at each isolated fraction. Each interphase from the second percoll gradient was analyzed for expression of the surface markers CD11b and CD45. The gated cells in the upper right quadrant indicate the percentage of CD45⁺ gated cells that are also positive for CD11b and represent GIM. An autofluorescent population was identified in both normal and GBM tissue samples during flow cytometry analysis and is also consistently present in the respective isotype controls. This population was excluded when calculating the percentages of positive fluorescing cells.