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. 2020 Jul 20;10:11950. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68701-z

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Macrophage staining of the spleen. Immunohistochemical staining with CD68 clone ED1 antibody of spleen tissue of animals diluted using 5% HSA (control) or 12 vol% capsules (treatment). Hematoxylin (blue) co-staining was used for orientation. The brown colour represents the macrophages. Control animals showed unaffected macrophages in contrast to foamy vacuolized macrophages in the treatment group. Staining was performed with n = 8 spleens in each group. Treatment spleens demonstrated lost tissue structure within the red pulpa with foamy, swollen macrophages. The white pulpa was not affected. The control spleens were intact.