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. 2023 Aug 16;15(16):3589. doi: 10.3390/nu15163589

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Expression of C-II and MMP-13 in Cartilage Tissue with ACLT after Treatment. (A,I) indicate control group; (B,J) indicate sham group; (C,K) indicate ACLT group; (D,L) indicate group A; (E,M) indicate group B; (F,N) indicate group C; and (G,O) indicate group D. (A–G) Immunohistochemical staining of type II collagen (C-II; brown area) in knee joint sections. (H) Quantitative analysis of C-II expression in cartilage. (I–P) Immunohistochemical staining of MMP-13 in joint sections. Brown areas indicate immunoreactive cells. (P) Quantitative analysis of MMP-13–positive cells in cartilage. Scale bar =100 μm. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean. * denotes comparison with sham group (p < 0.05); # denotes comparison with ACLT group (p < 0.05).