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. 2013 Mar-Apr;33(2):132–142. doi: 10.3747/pdi.2011.00234

Figure 1.

Figure 1

— Immunohistochemistry for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in peritoneum. (A) In normal mice, VDR was weakly but significantly expressed in mesothelial cells (arrowheads). (B) In the chlorhexidine gluconate (CG) group, the number of cells positive for VDR increased in the thickened submesothelial compact zone. (C) 22-Oxacalcitriol decreased the expression of VDR. Double staining showed that (D) myofibroblasts and (E) macrophages expressed VDR (black arrowhead) in the CG group. White arrowheads indicate negative cells. Bars indicate the thickened peritoneal compact zone. (A-C) Original magnification 200×. (D,E) Original magnification 1000×.