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. 2018 Nov 19;8:17027. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35391-7

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Immunofluorescence analysis for the protein expression of mitochondrial biomarkers by tenocytes cultured under (A) hypoxic and (B) normoxic conditions: Images in the left columns show nuclear staining with DAPI; the images in the middle column show expression of mitochondrial biomarkers while the images in the right column show overlay of mitochondrial biomarkers with DAPI. Images were acquired at 20x magnification using CCD camera attached to the Olympus microscope. (C) The image shows quantification of the expression mitochondrial biomarkers. The intensity of protein expression as observed through immunofluorescence was acquired and the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) was quantified from 30 cells of each groups. The graphs represent MFI mean values with standard error. The statistical significance of each hypoxic groups vs normoxic groups are represented in the figure (n = 30; NS – non-significant, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001).