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. 2013 Feb 8;8(2):e56273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056273

Figure 5. Immunolocalisation of vascular growth factors in arteries.

Figure 5

Ang-1 was detected in the media of vessels from both pre-dialysis CKD (A) and dialysis patients (B); no differences in staining intensity were observed between the two groups (C). Ang-2 was immunodetected in both the media and endothelia (arrows) in pre-dialysis CKD (D) and dialysis (E) vessels with similar intensity (F). The endothelial later was also positive for von Willebrand factor (arrows, G and H). VEGF-A immunostaining was prominent in the media of pre-dialysis CKD vessels (I), but was significantly decreased in dialysis patients (J and K). All fields taken with ×40 objective.