Figure 5 | Gene Therapy

Figure 5

From: Effect of vascular endothelial growth factor gene therapy on post-traumatic peripheral nerve regeneration and denervation-related muscle atrophy

Figure 5

Muscle sections were stained in immunohistochemistry with laminin (red) and slow myosin (green) in order to study the effect of VEGF overexpression on skeletal muscle fiber cross-sectional area. Cellular nuclei were counterstained with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI; blue). Scale bars: 25 μm (a). Histograms that represent quantification of the fiber cross-sectional area (b); results are expressed as a percentage compared with the matched fiber type in the contralateral healthy muscle (number of rats analyzed=6). *P⩽0.05 VEGF vs LacZ.

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