Figure 8.

H&E histochemistry and versican immunostaining of human TM after infection with control lentivirus (A, B, E) and versican-silencing lentivirus (C, D, F). H&E staining showed that the JCT region was disorganized after versican silencing. (E, F) Immunofluorescence images show that pillars of versican immunostaining (green) were disrupted in the JCT region of versican-silenced TMs. CD44 (red) labels TM cells. The images in (E) and (F) were from an area of moderate Qdot labeling (also in red). Scale bars, 20 μm.