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. 2020 Sep 15;10:15106. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72208-y

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Details of a high-concentration trypsin-treated cartilage sample, its response to loading, and corresponding histological sections. Serial quantitative T1 (a), T1ρ (b), T2 (c), and T2* (d) maps as well as corresponding histological sections (e) of a representative sample before and after exposure to high concentration of trypsin at 1.0 mg/mL for 2 h. Histological assessment revealed intact tissue surface and tidemark as well as regular cellularity (e1), but expansive Safranin-O de-staining indicative of advanced proteoglycan depletion of the superficial und transitional tissue zones (e2). Superficial artefacts secondary to histological preparation. Otherwise, image details as in Fig. 1.