Fig. 1.

Laser capture microdissection of cartilage tissue.

Representative images of mandibular condyle of 5w ICR mouse (n = 4) in lower magnification (A) and higher magnification (B). MF: mandibular fibrous layer. MP: mandibular proliferating layer. MH: mandibular hypertrophic layer. Representative images of tibial mesial condyle of 5w ICR mouse (n = 4) in lower magnification (C) and higher magnification (D). TR: tibial reserve layer. TP: tibial proliferating layer. TH: tibial hypertrophic layer. Representative image of after microdissection at MF (E). Bar: 100 μm.