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. 2018 Jul 19;8:10960. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27934-9

Figure 4.

Figure 4

The effects of Au-NPs on cardiac histological changes pronounced by HE stain in normal and ISO-induced hyperthyroid heart disease groups. HE (magnification, x20) staining was performed to determine general histological alterations in control and ISO-induced hyperthyroid heart disease groups. Red part represented muscle cytoplasm while blue part demonstrated nucleus in HE stains. The histological heart alterations induced by Au-NPs were size-dependent with 40 nm AuNPs demonstrated prominent congested dilated blood vessels in control groups, while for HHD groups, the pathological changes were decreased with few lymphocytic infiltrate and less disturbed muscle fascicles when combined with 5 nm and 100 nm application (n = 6).