Figure 1

Effects of TACE shRNA treatment on TACE activity in the abdominal aortic plaques in three groups of rabbits.

(A) Representative immnofluorescence images showing TACE positive staining cells in green; (B) RAM-11 positive staining cells in red; (C) DAPI positive staining cells in blue; (D) TACE, RAM-11 and DAPI positive staining cells in merged image; (E) TACE positive staining cells in green; (F) α-actin positive staining cells in red; (G) DAPI positive staining cells in blue; (H) TACE, α-actin and DAPI positive staining cells in merged image; (I) correlation analysis between TACE and macrophage positive staining areas; (J) correlation between TACE positive staining area and neovessel number in plaques. Bar = 100 μm