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. 2022 Nov 7;23:960. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05937-y

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Histopathological images of the rat’s knee in the vehicle and DF-HA groups a and b Vehicle group, and c and d DF-HA group. Scale bars, 400 μm. a and c Hematoxylin–eosin staining. b and d Safranin O (SO) staining. a and c White arrows indicate significant cartilage loss in both groups. b and d Little cartilages are stained red with SO. b and d Red-stained areas are irregularly fragmented and distributed deep in the remaining cartilage layer (sections surrounded by a red frame)