Fig. 5
From: Anti-apoptotic effect of adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction in denervated rat muscle
Intramuscular injections with SVF have an anti-apoptotic effect on denervated muscle. a Slow type fiber immunohistochemistry of denervated rat gastrocnemius muscle treated with SVF for 2 weeks. × 40 magnification. b Comparison of the mean muscle fiber area and diameter of denervated muscle and SVF-treated muscle. c TUNEL labeling in denervated muscle and in SVF-treated muscle. 40x magnification. d Number of TUNEL-positive cells, based on the data in c. e Expression of apoptosis-related genes in SVF-treated muscle compared to denervated muscle. n = 6. Statistical significance was calculated using Student’s t test. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01