Journal: Pain Research & Management
Article Title: Locating the Site of Neuropathic Pain In Vivo Using MMP-12-Targeted Magnetic Nanoparticles
doi: 10.1155/2019/9394715
Figure Lengend Snippet: Macrophage infiltration and MMP-12 upregulation occurred in injured nerves. (a–d) Representative images of immunohistochemistry staining on consecutive sections for macrophage marker CD68 and MMP-12, in the left L5 spinal nerves distal to the DRG, 1 week after SNL or sham surgery (CD68 or MMP-12: red, nuclei: purple, scale bar = 20 μ m). (e) CD68- and (f) MMP-12-labelled areas were quantified for SNL and sham rats' spinal nerves ( n =5 per group). Statistically significant difference in the left L5 spinal nerve CD68-labelled area was determined by Mann–Whitney U test ( ∗∗ p < 0.01).
Article Snippet: Sections were incubated with 1.5% normal goat serum (AK-5001, Vector Laboratories, CA, USA), before a 2 h incubation with either a mouse monoclonal antibody to CD68 (MAB1435, Merck Millipore, MA) or a rabbit polyclonal antibody to MMP-12 (bs-1854R, Bioss, MA, USA), at a dilution of 1 : 200. biotinylated goat anti-mouse (Ba-2900, Vector Laboratories, CA, USA) or anti-rabbit (AK-5001, Vector Laboratories, CA, USA) IgG antibodies diluted by 1 : 200 in 1.5% normal goat serum were applied for 30 min.
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Marker, MANN-WHITNEY