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. 2020 Jun 29;11:3273. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16923-0

Fig. 4. Immune response and iron deposition in reperfused and permanent infarcts.

Fig. 4

a Representative 180 min reperfused infarct at 1 week post-infarction shows regions of iron accumulation at the transition zone between myocyte necrosis and mixed viable myocytes (Prussian blue, black, and blue arrows) colocalized with MHC class II antigen-presenting cells (Cathepsin-S, black arrows) and newly recruited macrophages (MAC-387, blue arrows). b, c Representative permanently occluded infarct at 1 week post-infarction also had heterogeneous macrophage aggregation with newly recruited macrophages (MAC-387, blue arrows) and MHC class II antigen-presenting cells (Cathepsin-S, black arrows) colocalized with iron accumulation (Prussian blue, black, and blue arrows). Histology was repeated in independent tissue sections for 90 (n = 2), 180 min (n = 2) reperfused, and permanent (n = 2) infarcts which showed similar histopathological findings within reperfused and permanent infarct groups. a and b are at ×40 magnification and c is at ×100 magnification.