Fig. 5.

Muscle progenitor cells respond to thermal injury in a bi-phasic fashion. a Representative images of Pax7 immunohistochemistry. Images were obtained at 20× magnification. b Representative Western blot for Pax7 and MyoD. c Quantification of Pax7-positive nuclei in sham, 2 days, 7 days, and 14 days post-burn. Arrows indicate Pax7-positive nuclei and arrowheads indicate Pax7-negative nuclei. d Quantification for Pax7 Western blot. e Quantification for MyoD Western blot. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001