Figure 7
From: Cycles of vascular plexus formation within the nephrogenic zone of the developing mouse kidney
The vascular plexuses contain erythrocytes and are enclosed by a collagen IV+ and lamininlow basement membrane. (A,B) Plexus endothelia carry Ter119+ erythrocytes. Due to high antibody background, the Despeckle tool in ImageJ was used to eliminate background signal in the Vegfr2 channel. (C-C”’) The vascular plexuses are collagen IV+ and lamininlow in E16.5 kidneys. (D) Cartoon depicting the side-view of the ureteric bud surrounded by cap mesenchymal populations and vascular plexuses. Scale bars: 100 µm (except for B, where it represents 50 µm).
