Fig. 4.
therapeutic efficacy and histopathological analysis. (a) schematic of acupuncture and experimental workflow. (b) images of lower limbs across different groups. (c) arthritic scores of mice in each group. (d) comparison of hind paw thickness in each group. (e) comparison of ankle joint thickness in each group. (f) cartilage staining (he, masson, so-fg, t&b) in various groups. green arrows: invasion of inflammation. red arrows: formation of pannus. black triangle: loss of proteoglycan. scale bars: 100 μm. (g) synovial histopathology (he) and immunohistochemistry images in different groups. green arrows: invasion of inflammation. black arrows: positive staining. scale bars: 100 μm