Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: A Biphasic Effect of Alcohol on Endothelial Plasticity Through Regulation of Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

doi: 10.64898/2026.04.14.718463

Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) (b) Representative images of immunofluorescently stained carotid cross sections from sham-operated and ligated controls, moderate EtOH, and Binge EtOH experimental groups (males). Blue = Dapi nuclear stain, red = Tm-Cdh5+, and white=αSMA+. (c) Cells co-expressing Cdh5 and αSMA (i.e., myo-endothelial cells indicative of EndMT) were quantified using QuPath bioimage analysis software in carotid cross sections post-ligation from controls (grey bars), moderate EtOH (green bars), and binge EtOH (red bars) experimental groups. Bar graphs show cumulative data expressed as % Myoendothelial cells /full cross section, % Myoendothelial cells /neointima, or Number of myoendothelial cells/full cross section. Data are mean±SEM, n=25-30 sections from 5-6 mice). *p<0.05, ** P<0.001, **** p<0.0001.

Article Snippet: Cells were incubated with primary antibody in 1/10 th gelatin in PBS for 2-3 h. Following 3X washes, cells were incubated with flourescently-labelled secondary antibody for 1-2 h. Following 3x washes cells were mounted on slides using Vectashield Plus Antifade mount medium with DAPI (Cat. # H20002, Vector Laboratories) and scanned with confocal microscope (Nikon A1R HD, Pikachu).

Techniques: Staining, Expressing, Software, Ligation