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. 2024 Mar 28;14:7412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-58148-x

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Figure 4

Expression of hyaluronan in human peritoneal membrane treated with conventional solutions or low-GDP, pH-neutral solutions. (A) Flow diagram of the study population. (Human peritoneal membrane biopsied cohort). (B) HABP and HE staining. (C) Differences in L/V ratio, HABP positivity, CD31-positive vessels, and CD68-positive cells. (D) Expression on CD31-positive vessels and CD68-positive macrophages. Two representative cases are shown in each group. HE staining was conducted after HABP staining on the same sections. Arrows and arrowheads indicate the same vessels in each case. Expression of hyaluronan assessed by HABP positivity was decreased in association with lower L/V ratio in the conventional solution group. There was a good correlation between L/V ratio and HABP positivity (r2 = 0.524, p < 0.0001). There was no significant difference in the number of CD31-positive vessels and CD68-positive macrophages between the two solution groups. Control: (green circle); Conventional: conventional solution group (red circle); Neutral: low-GDP, pH-neutral solution group (blue circle); L/V ratio: luminal diameter to vessel diameter; HABP hyaluronan-binding protein, LEL Lycopersicon esculentum lectin, HS heparan sulfate, n.s. not significant. Scale bars = 100 μm.