Downregulation of Caspase-2 Expression in Somitic Cells following Coculture with Chicken Notochord
Figure 2
Photomicrographs of the somite upon isolation from chick embryo (a) and twenty-four hours after plating (b). The somitic cells were grown with notochord (Som + Not group) ((c) and (e)), and without it (Som group) ((d) and (f)) for 2 and 6 days, respectively. These cells indicated morphology of mesenchymal-like cells with thin and short processes, especially in Som + Not group (g). After 10 days, a large variety of somitic cells in both groups showed apoptosis (h) (bar = 50 m).
