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. 2009 Apr;90(2):156–165. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00624.x

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Photomicrographs of the secretory epithelium of the ventral lobe of the prostate from the (a,b) control group; (c,d) diabetic group; (e,f) diabetic-insulin group. (a) Folded prostatic acini. Secretory epithelium (EP) with columnar and basal cells. Lumen (L). Stroma (St) collagen fibres underlying the epithelium. Hematoxylin–eosin. (b) Collagen fibres (col) underlying the epithelium (EP). Lumen (L). Stroma (St) with blood vessel (bv). Picrossirius red. (c) Acini showing poorly folded mucosa and intra-luminal secretion (L). Atrophied secretory cells (EP). Hypertrophied stroma (St). Hematoxylin–eosin. (d) Increased collagen fibres (col), distributed in all the stromal area (St). Epithelium (EP). Lumen (L). Picrossirius red. (e) Secretory epithelial cells (EP) with basal cells intermingled with cuboidal cell. Lumen (L). Collagen fibres (col) in the stroma (St). Inflammatory cells (arrow) in the fibrillar elements. Hematoxylin–eosin. (f) Increased collagen fibres (col), distributed in the stroma area (St). Glandular epithelium (EP) and intraluminal secretion (L). Picrossirius red.