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Figure 2

From: Time course of airway remodelling after an acute chlorine gas exposure in mice

Figure 2

Effect of Cl2 exposure on cell proliferation as detected by PCNA immunostaining. A: Control mouse airway, showing baseline airway epithelial cell proliferation. PCNA positive cells are indicated by open arrowheads. B: 12 h post-exposure. There is an absence of PCNA positive events, suggesting inhibition of cell cycle. C and D: 24 h post-exposure. Proliferation of airway epithelial cells (C) is re-established. Endothelial cell proliferation (En) is also observed at this time point (D). E: 48 h post-exposure. An increase in PCNA positive epithelial cells is observed. F: Co-localisation of smooth muscle α-actin (red cytoplasmic signal) and PCNA (dark-violet nuclear signal), 48 h post-exposure. PCNA positive cells can be seen in the airway epithelium, smooth muscle layer, and adventitia. The inset shows an example of a PCNA positive airway myocyte at high magnification. G: 5 d post-exposure. The airway epithelium is evenly re-populated with cells undergoing intense proliferative activity. Scale bars: 50 μm (25 μ in F inset). Pn: Pneumocytes; SM: Smooth muscle.

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