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Figure 6

From: Intermittent hypoxia inhibits mandibular cartilage growth with reduced TGF-β and SOX9 expressions in neonatal rats

Figure 6

Histological changes in tibial cartilage of IH rats. (a) Representative images of toluidine blue-stained longitudinal sections of tibial cartilages from the N and IH groups. (b) Comparison of thicknesses of cartilage layers and growth plates between the N and IH groups. (c) Ratios of cartilage layer thickness to growth plate thickness. RZ.Th tibial cartilage layers, RZ.Th resting zone, PZ.Th proliferative zone, HpZ.Th hypertrophic zone, Gpc.Th height of growth plate. Scale bar = 100 μm. Data are mean ± SEM for each group. *P < 0.05.

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