Journal: Blood Vessels, Thrombosis & Hemostasis
Article Title: Resilience of the bone marrow vascular architecture to aging and hematological stress
doi: 10.1016/j.bvth.2026.100156
Figure Lengend Snippet: CD105 + vessels exhibit conserved architecture and proximal narrowing in young mice. (A) Representative midshaft section of CD105 + vasculature (green) in a young naïve male mouse. Bottom row: fluorescence intensity, segmented surface, skeletonized tree, and the vessel-to-vessel distance map (200-μm section). Skeleton (cyan), end points (blue), and branching points (red). Gray outline indicates marrow boundary. Scale bars, 500 μm. (B-D) Distribution of (B) vessel diameter, (C) branching angle, and (D) vessel-to-vessel spacing in young naïve male (top) and female (bottom) mice (n = 5 per sex). See “Methods” and for detailed results. (E-J) Regional analyses along the femoral shaft divided into 9 overlapping tiles (see ). Distribution of local values of (E) vessel diameter, (F) branching angle, and (G) vessel-to-vessel distance in representative hip, mid, and knee regions of the shaft. The top row shows results of male mice, the bottom row of female mice. (H-J) Averaged values of (H) vessel diameter, (I) branching angle, and (J) vessel-to-vessel distance for each region: hip-proximal (yellow), midshaft (magenta), and knee-proximal (grape). Filled bars represent male mice, lighter colored shaded bars female mice. Shown are mean ± SEM. SEM, standard error of the mean.
Article Snippet: CD105 + vessels were segmented in Imaris and skeletonized to assess parameters such as vessel volume, vessel-vessel distance, branch length, and branching degree.
Techniques: Fluorescence