Figure 5

Cellular characterization of grafted veins in NZW rabbits treated with des-fluoro-anacetrapib. Right external jugular vein autologous end-to-side transplantation bypass grafting of the right common carotid artery was carried out in NZW rabbits maintained on regular chow (control, n = 8) or chow supplemented with 0.14% (wt/wt) des-fluoro-anacetrapib (dfAna, n = 9) as described in the legend to Fig. 1. Representative photomicrographs of grafted vein cross-sections (bar = 50 µm) from control and dfANa-treated animals immunostained for α-SMC actin (Panel A), CD18 (Panel B, red arrows) and RAM11 (Panel C) are shown.