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. 2025 Mar 6;23:174. doi: 10.1186/s12951-024-03006-1

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Histopathological examination of rat’s urothelial mucosa. (I) Normal bladder tissue (no infection and no treatment), x100 magnification. (II) Normal bladder tissue, x 400 magnification. (III) Bladder urothelium in the infected control group with chronic inflammation (C) in lamina propria, and urothelium desquamation (↑), x 400 magnification. (IV) Bladder urothelium in the infected control group showing dilated, congested blood vessel (BV), and mild fibrosis (wavy arrow). (V) Urinary bladder of rat treated with amikacin showing moderate inflammation in lamina propria, desquamation of urothelium (↑), mild fibrosis (wavy arrow) and congested blood vessels (BV), x 400 magnification. (VI) urinary bladder of rosemary oil treated rat showing many inflammatory cells beneath to urothelium, small congested blood vessel (BV) and Intact urothelium, x 400 magnification. (VII) urinary bladder of CS nanophytosomes treated rat showing significant improvement with well-defined urinary bladder architecture and some inflammatory cells in lamina propria, x 400 magnification