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. 2010 Feb 15;5(2):e9200. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009200

Figure 1. Rod and cone protection.

Figure 1

A. Retinal sections stained with cresyl violet indicate substantial preservation of photoreceptors across the retina in MSC treated eyes at P90, while in control eyes (sham injected (B) and untreated (C)): only a single layer of photoreceptors remained. A1, A2 &A3: higher power images showing preservation of photoreceptors from the insets A1, A2 &A3 in A. D, E&F: confocal images showing rhodopsin (green in D) and cone arrestin (red in E) positive staining at P90 in MSC treated retina, while in sham injected retina, cone arrestin staining was dramatically reduced (F). All sections were counterstained with DAPI (blue) (scale bars equal 50 µm).