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. 2013 Mar 28;8(3):e60529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060529

Figure 4. Impact of neuropathic pain upon the composition of pancreatic neuritis in chronic pancreatitis (CP).

Figure 4

Similar to PCa, also in CP, patients with pain demonstrated a greater relative amount of mast cells (MC) around intrapancreatic nerves than patients without pain. Furthermore, this increase in the amount of perineural MC was paralleled by decreased amounts of cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocytes around intrapancreatic nerves. “N” stands for the identified nerve. Between three to five nerves with pancreatic neuritis were analyzed from each patient. All images at 200x magnification. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.