Fig. 8.
Representative transmission electron micrographs of autophagic compartments and photomicrographs of the immunoblot analysis of autophagy-related genes. a initial autophagic vacuoles (AVi; arrows, ×30,000); b AVi containing mitochondria (arrow, ×30,000); c degradative autophagic vacuoles (AVd; arrows, ×10,000); d autolysosome, formed from phagophores with multiple- or double-layer membranes (arrow, ×15,000); n = 8. **P < 0.01 vs. VH; #P < 0.05 vs. TAC.