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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Oct 23;8(1):167–174. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001711

Figure 6. Characterization of infarct border zone 1 week after the gene transfer.

Figure 6

A. A few isolated c-kit+/CD45+ cells were found in clusters of c-kit+/CD45− cells. Blue; DAPI-stained nuclei, red; c-kit, green; CD45. B. Immunohistochemistry revealed increased PCNA expression at the injection site 1 week after gene transfer. Higher magnification image (right) shows that PCNA was expressed in both cardiomyocytes and non-myocytes. Blue; DAPI-stained nuclei, red; PCNA, green; α-sarcomeric actin. C. Representative examples of TUNEL staining and apoptosis index. Decreased apoptotic cells were found at the infarct border area after Ad.SCF injection (Apoptosis index: P<0.001). Blue; DAPI-stained nuclei, red; apoptotic nuclei. *; P<0.05