Figure 6.
(A) Elastic fiber content in alveolar septa and (B) representative photomicrographs of the lung parenchyma stained with Weigert’s resorcin fuchsin method with oxidation (elastic fibers). Red arrows: elastic fibers are stained in black. C, control; ELA, animals treated with intratracheal instillations of elastase; SAL, saline; LPS, E. coli lipopolysaccharide. Values are mean ± SD of six animals in each group.