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. 2020 Nov 6;11:5653. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19425-1

Fig. 2. Fascia EPFs swarm during scarring in SCAD.

Fig. 2

a Whole-mount bright-field images and Masson’s trichrome staining with collagen in blue of fresh SCAD (day 0) and after 5-day culture (day 5). n > 1000. b, c Snapshots of live imaging of day 3 En1Cre;R26mTmG SCAD. Two independent EPF aggregates are encircled with a dotted line at time t = 0 h (b) and t = 12 h (c) (Supplementary Movie 4). Images are representative of four biological replicates. d PIV analysis of GFP channel from live imaging showed in Supplementary Movie 4. Arrowheads indicate the direction of particle movement. Particle velocity is indicated by a scale from slow (blue) to fast (red). Scale bar unit: pixel. dd″ Vector map from PIV analysis of the left swarm over 30–60 min (d′) and of the right swarm over 120–180 mins (d). e, f Colour-coded tracking of EPFs from live imaging (72–96 h) of En1Cre;R26LSL-H2B-mCherry SCAD, from top view (e) and side view (f). Colours indicate time, starting from blue to red at the end of the movie (Supplementary Movie 6). e Enlarged images of EPF migration tracks in the scar centre at the beginning of swarming (blue-to-cyan). f Enlarged images of EPF migration tracks at the end of swarming (green-to-orange). Images are representative of four biological replicates. Scale bars: a = 500 µm; b, c, e, f = 50 µm; e, f = 30 µm.