Figure 1. Cavin-1-reporter staining of systemic blood vessels.

A) The aorta was dissected, fixed briefly in paraformaldehyde, and stained using x-gal. Bottom shows an intact aorta and top shows an opened aorta from the luminal side. B) Small mesenteric arteries with the superior mesenteric artery on the left. C) The vascular supply of the cerebral hemispheres. D) X-gal stained arteries and a vein in the prostate was paraffin embedded, sectioned, and counterstained using hematoxylin-eosin.