Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Aspirin hastens resolution of skeletal muscle inflammation and promotes recovery of muscle strength following acute injury
doi: 10.64898/2026.04.21.719989
Figure Lengend Snippet: A: Representative histological (H & E) and immunofluorescence images of TA muscle cross-sections at day 1 post-injury following treatment with vehicle (VEH), indomethacin (INDO), aspirin (ASA), or a combination of INDO + ASA. Sections are stained for Ly6G (neutrophils, red), CD68 (total macrophages, green), CD206 (M2-like macrophages, red), with DAPI (nuclei, blue) and Laminin (LAM, white) to visualize fiber boundaries. B-E : Quantification of day 1 post-injury inflammatory markers including Ly6G + cell density ( B ), CD68 + cell density ( C ), the ratio of Ly6G + to total CD68 + cells ( D ), and the M1/M2 macrophage ratio ( E ). F: Representative H & E and immunofluorescence images at day 3 post-injury for the same treatment groups and markers. G-J: Quantitative analysis of inflammatory cell dynamics at day 3 post-injury, including Ly6G + cell density ( G ), CD68 + cell area as a percentage of total tissue ( H ), CD206 + cell densities ( I ), and the M1/M2 ratio ( J ). All data are presented as mean ± SEM. Statistical significance was determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Holm-Šídák post hoc tests. Groups labeled with different letters are significantly different from one another, while groups sharing a common letter are not significantly different.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used include MyHC type I [Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB), BA-D5c, 1:100], MyHC type IIA (DSHB, SC-71c, 1:100), MyHC type IIB (DSHB, BF-F3c, 1:100), eMHC (DSHB, F1.652s, 1:20), Ly6G (GR1) (Bio-Rad, MCA2387, 1:50), CD68 (Bio-Rad, MCA1957, 1:200), CD206 (Bio-Rad, MCA2387, 1:50), and laminin (Abcam, ab7463, 1:200).
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Staining, Labeling