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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Matrix Biol. 2010 Oct 21;30(1):43–52. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2010.10.003

Figure 3. Fibrillin-3 expression in the cardiovascular system.

Figure 3

A: Heart anlage (6th GW). Fibrous pericardium (black arrows); parietal layer of serous pericardium (white arrows); visceral layer of serous pericardium (white arrowheads); spongy layer (asterisks); mantle layer of myocardium (double crosses); endothelium (black arrowheads). Note that the strong staining on the left originates from periderm. B: Endocardial cushion (6th GW; asterisks). C: Descending aorta at the level of the tracheal bifurcation in cross-section (8th GW). Tunica intima (white arrowhead); tunica media (asterisk); tunica adventitia (double cross). D: Descending aorta in longitudinal section (6th GW). Tunica intima (white arrowheads); tunica media (asterisk); tunica adventitia (double cross). Scale bars = 100 μm.