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. 2020 Nov 23;24(Suppl 2):79–87. doi: 10.5213/inj.2040428.214

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7.

Expressions of cleaved caspase-3 and caspase-9 in Achilles tendon. Left panel: photomicrographs of cleaved caspase-3-positive cells and cleaved caspase-9-positive cells. The sections were stained for cleaved caspase-3-positive cells (black arrows) and caspase9-positive cells (red arrows). The scale bar represents 250 μm. Right upper panel: percentage of cleaved caspase-3-positive cells. Right lower panel: percentage of cleaved caspase-9-positive cells. A, control group; B, Achilles tendon injury group; C, Achilles tendon injury and 2 mg/kg PDRN-applied group; D, Achilles tendon injury and 4 mg/kg PDRN-applied group; E, Achilles tendon injury and 8 mg/kg PDRN-applied group. PDRN, polydeoxyribonucleotide. *P<0.05 compared with the control group. #P<0.05 compared with the Achilles tendon injury group.