Fig 8. Lesion morphology in 5 progenitor inbred strains.
CD68+ cells but not smooth muscle actin cells differ among strains comprising the HMDP. Representative results from immunostained lesions for sm-α actin are shown in Panels A-E and CD68 in panels. C57BL/6J (A,F), A/J (B,G), BALB/cJ (C, H), C3H/HeJ (D, I), DBA/2J (E, J). (K, L) Impact of genetic background on lesion morphology in C57BL/6, A/J, C3H/HeJ, BALB/c and DBA/2, 5 progenitor strains for the HMDP recombinant inbred strains. Immunohistological staining for macrophages (CD68) (K) or smooth muscle cells (smooth muscle α-actin) (L) was measured as percent of total atherosclerotic lesion area ± SEM.