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. 2014 Dec 3;9(2):533–538. doi: 10.3892/etm.2014.2102

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Images of the aorta. (A) Diabetes mellitus (DM) + flaxseed (Flax) group (Oil Red O staining; magnification, ×20). Moderate intimal thickening, endothelium with swollen cells, and moderate infiltration with lipid microvesicles in the intima and internal third of the media (arrows) were observed. (B) DM + Flax + vitamin E (Oil Red O staining; magnification, ×40). The endothelium is slightly swollen with infrequent areas of discontinuity, and a thickened intima with the rare presence of lipid drops (arrow), and moderate structural disorganization of elastic fibers in the middle layer of the vessel wall.