Research Article

Identification and Characterization of Novel Perivascular Adventitial Cells in the Whole Mount Mesenteric Branch Artery Using Immunofluorescent Staining and Scanning Confocal Microscopy Imaging

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Immunofluorescent confocal analysis of the whole mount rat MBA expressing Gap-43. The whole mount of adult rat mesenteric arterial adventitia expresses 37 ± 4% Gap-43 (in red, alexa fluor-647) under scanning fluorescent confocal microscopy—20x. (Representative of 3 experiments.)
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