Fig. 5: Adventitial vasa vasorum contains CD45 + Sca-1 + cells in the atherosclerotic aorta.

a, b Vasa vasorum staining with CD45 and Sca-1. White arrows indicate the vasa vasorum, #p < 0.05 the KO-FMT group compared to the KO group. Two-way comparisons were performed with t tests. Scale bars in right lower corner represent 50 μm.