Figure 3. Effect of TAD, COMP4, and COMP4+TAD on the preservation of smooth muscle content in the middle aged rat corpora cavernosa.
Top: representative pictures (200×, Bar=50 μm) of penile corpora cavernosa sections adjacent to those presented on Fig. 2, immunostained for desmin as a smooth muscle cell marker. Bottom: quantitative image analysis. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, respect to 12 MO (n=6)