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. 2017 Oct 25;7:14000. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13912-0

Figure 2.

Figure 2

PINTA745 reduces skeletal muscle weight loss 15 days after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). (A) Weight of extensor digitorum longus, gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior and quadriceps muscles in Sham mice, vehicle-MCAO mice (MCAO) and PINTA745-MCAO mice (MCAO + PINTA). (B) Representative transverse sections of tibialis anterior muscle immunostained with anti-laminin antibody in Sham mice, MCAO mice and MCAO + PINTA mice. Images were acquired using a Leica TCS-SP2 confocal scanning laser inverted microscope (Leica-Microsystem, Heidelberg, Germany). Relative frequency distribution of fiber diameter and quantification of muscle fiber diameter in Sham, MCAO and MCAO + PINTA mice. Scale bar equals 100 µm. Data are means ± SEM (n = 5/group). *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.