Electroacupuncture at ST36 Protects ICC Networks via mSCF/Kit-ETV1 Signaling in the Stomach of Diabetic Mice

Figure 6

Immunofluorescence of ETV1-MY (a)–(e) and ETV1-IM (f)–(j) in the corpus labelled with ETV1 (green) and c-Kit (red). The expression of ETV1 was abundant in the MY but relatively lower in the IM in the control group. The networks of both ETV1 and c-Kit were bright and intense. The ETV1 networks moved tightly around the c-Kit network and partially overlapped. In the DM group, the networks of ETV1 (as the ICC networks) were severely disrupted and the brightness was obviously reduced. The SEA group showed the same trends as the DM group. However, no obvious changes were found in the LEA and HEA groups compared with the control group. Scale bars = 100 μm and refer to all panels.