Effect of Supracervical Apposition and Spontaneous Labour on Apoptosis and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Human Fetal Membranes

Figure 2

Immunohistochemical localisation of (a) Bax, (b) Smac, (c) Fas, (d) FasL, (e) caspase-3, (f) PARP, and (g) Bcl-2 in no-labour DS (left panel), no-labour SCS (middle panel), and post-labour SOR (right panel) fetal membranes. (h) Negative control. ae: amniotic epithelium; cl: connective tissue layer; ct: cytotrophoblast layer; and dec: decidua. Magnification 100x.