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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Mech. 2020 Jul 15;61(1):41–51. doi: 10.1007/s11340-020-00625-1

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Representative en face views of mouse carotid arteries from different treatment groups. The circumferential direction is horizontal and the axial direction is vertical. Maximum z-projections were constructed through the internal elastic lamina (IEL) nearest the arterial lumen. All groups have fenestrations (black arrows) in the IEL. A dense mat of elastic fibers can be seen in UNT (a) and PGG (b) groups. A loose network of elastic fibers with large tears (white arrowheads) can be seen in the ELA group (c). PGG+ ELA groups (d and e) appear to have an intermediate structure between UNT and ELA with a slightly less dense elastic fiber network and some tears Scale bar = 20 μm.