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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2016 Jan 20;338:52–63. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.01.010

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) The illustration of a cochlear micro-vessel in cross-section shows the major components of the intrastrial fluid-blood barrier. The vessel lumen comprises ECs connected by TJs. ECs are ensheathed by a dense basement membrane shared with PCs. PVM/M end-feet cover a large portion of the capillary surface. (B) & (C) The reconstructed confocal image of the intrastrial fluid-blood barrier highlights the morphological complexity of interactions between ECs, PCs, and PVM/Ms. The PVM/Ms are immunolabeled for F4/80, PCs for desmin, and ECs with fluorescent Dil.