Fig 4. Apoptotic cells in control and α5 CKO articular cartilage after OA surgery.
The knee joints were harvested from control (A and C) and α5 CKO (B and D) 4 weeks after OA surgery. The sagittal sections were subjected to TUNEL staining. The fluorescence images (green) were superimposed with the corresponding phase images. Bar, 40 μm. E, The ratio of the TUNEL-positive cells to total cells was calculated. The graphs represent average and SD (n = 6/group).
