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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Pathol. 2016 Aug 20;25(6):483–488. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2016.08.002

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Special staining and immunohistochemistry of paraffin sections prepared following metallic stent dissolution.

Representative arterial sections stained according to Verhoeff-van Gieson (A–C), Masson’s trichrome (D–F) and H&E (G) protocols. Typical results of immunohistochemical staining with primary antibodies chosen to detect CD68-positive macrophages (H), α-actin-positive SMC (I), VE cadherin-positive endothelial cells (J), proliferating BrdU-positive cells (K) and activated caspase 3-positive cells undergoing apoptosis (L). Original magnifications: 2A, 2D – 40x; 2B, 2E – 100x; 2C, 2F–2L – 200x.