Table 1.
Experimental design: summary of measurements in 5 experiment sets and groups in each set for different time points with sample size in each group.
| Set | Measurement | Group Sample Size* | |||
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| 0 Day | 3 Days | 1 Week | 4 Weeks | ||
| I | H&E (Wall thickness) Verhoeff (Elastin) Van Gieson (Collagen) |
— | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| II | BrdU (Cell Proliferation) | — | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| III | Confocal (IEL fenestrae) Confocal (SMC Nuclei) |
— | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| IV | Silver Stain (EC Morphology) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| V | Western Blotting (MMP) | — | 7 | 7 | 7 |
*
Same sample size in each control group (sham operation) is the same as the corresponding experimental group.