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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Apr 5;11(11):1145–1149. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014637

Figure 3: Immunofluorescence staining confirms the presence of platelet-rich regions in clots.

Figure 3:

(A) A low magnification image (4x) of an MSB stained slide demonstrating the presence of Fibrin strands (Red), Red Blood Cells (Yellow), White Blood Cells (Blue) and Platelets (Grey) in an acute ischemic stroke clot stained with Martius Scarlett Blue Staining. (B-D) Immunofluorescence images demonstrating the presence of; (B) Nucleated cells (DAPI, Blue), (C) Platelets (CD42b, Red) and (D) Fibrinogen (Green). (E) is a merged immunofluorescence image demonstrating the co-localization of platelets with Fibrinogen (Yellow).