Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Effect of Mixed Transplantation of Autologous and Allogeneic Microskin Grafts on Wound Healing in a Rat Model of Acute Skin Defect
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085672
Figure Lengend Snippet: Aa, Ab, and Ac show integrin β1 expression at 2 post-graft weeks (PGWs) in groups II,III, and IV, respectively, in Experiment A. Ad shows integrin β1 expression in the hair follicle in group IV in Experiment A. Ae and Af show integrin β1 expression at 2 PGWs in groups II and III, respectively, in Experiment B. Ag and Ah show expression of integrin β1 in the hair follicle and no expression of integrin β1 in the epidermis, respectively, of normal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat skin. Ai, Aj, and Ak show negative control staining of 2 PGW sections from groups II, III, and IV, respectively, in Experiment A. Scale bar, 50 µm in Aa–Ah and 100 µm in Ai–Ak. In Experiment A, the mean integrated optical density (IOD) of integrin β1 expression at 2 PGWs was higher in groups III and IV than in group II (* p<0.05), and, more interestingly, was highest in group III among these 3 groups (* p<0.05, # p<0.05). At 3 and 4 PGWs, the integrin β1 expression remained higher in group III than in groups II and IV (* p<0.05, # p<0.05). In Experiment B, the integrin β1 expression at 2 PGWs was stronger in group III than in group I (* p<0.05), and no intergroup difference was found at 4 PGWs.
Article Snippet: The sections were then sequentially incubated with normal goat serum for 40 minutes to block nonspecific binding, with the primary rabbit anti-integrin β1 polyclonal antibody (1∶100, Wuhan Boster Biological Technology LTD, Hubei, China) for 15 hours at 4°C, and with the SABC kit (Wuhan Boster Biological Technology, LTD, Hubei, China) at 37°C to bind the primary antibody.
Techniques: Expressing, Negative Control, Staining