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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Mar;29(3):583–587. doi: 10.1002/jmri.21702

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Assessment of collagen and elastin content in the aortic wall of control (N) and hypertensive (HT) aortas. a: Sirius Red staining demonstrates dense collagen deposition in the adventitia in HT and especially at the junction to the media. Magnification is 10×. b: Elastica-van -Gieson staining elastin fibers within the aortic wall. Magnification is 10×. c: Quantification of the Sirius Red shows increased collagen density within the hypertensive aortas. d: Quantification of the elastin staining shows no difference between normal and hypertensive aortas. Statistical comparison performed with Student's t-test with p<0.05 being significant.