Figure 4.
Tissue sections (12 μm thick) from a liver dosed in vivo. (A) One section was quantitatively imaged at a spatial resolution of 350 μm and shows little to no RIF detected in the blood vessels outlined with a black dotted line. A concentration gradient of RIF was also detected around the portal tracts (low to high), revealing the microphysiology of the drug within the liver. (B) A serial section was stained with hematoxylin and eosin for visualization of the blood vessels. (C) The MALDI IMS data and HPLC-MS/MS data are in agreement with 90.4% similarity.