FIG. 10.

The Masson's trichrome stain at different time points. Scale bar=100 μm. (A) At day 30 (1), organized collagens and blood vessels were the dominant components of the tissue from TEC. Collagens were then replaced by newly formed small adipocytes by day 45 (2). The TEC tissue structure became similar to that of the normal adipose tissue at day 60 (3). The adipose tissue from the control group (4–6). (B) Quantification showed that the experimental group had a higher collagen content at all the time points. Analysis was performed among the three time points (*p<0.05). Color images available online at www.liebertpub.com/tec