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From: Induction and characterization of oral submucous fibrosis model with different pathological stages in rats and mice

Fig. 4

Oral mucosa Masson’s trichrome stain of rats, mice and human. (A) Representative oral mucosa Masson’s trichrome stain images of SD rats in Control-W group, OSF-W group, Control-D group and OSF-D group (n = 5 per group). Collagen fibers are stained blue. (B) Representative oral mucosa Masson’s trichrome stain images of C57BL/6j mice in Control-W group, OSF-W group, Control-D group and OSF-D group (n = 5 per group). Collagen fibers are stained blue. (C) Representative Masson’s trichrome stain images of oral mucosal tissues from healthy and OSF patients. Collagen fibers are stained blue. (D) Quantitative analysis of Masson’s trichrome stain in oral mucosa tissue of rats. (E) Quantitative analysis of Masson’s trichrome stain in oral mucosa tissue of mice. (F) Quantitative analysis of Masson’s trichrome stain in oral mucosa tissue of human. Scale bar, 100 μm and 50 μm.

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