Ventral Prostate Fibrosis in the Akita Mouse Is Associated with Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration

Figure 3

Representative section of the AP, DLP, and VP of 18-week-old DBA2J (WT; (a), (d), and (g)), DBA2J.Ins2-Akita (diabetic; (b), (e), and (h)), or DBA2J.Ins2-Akita with severe inflammation (diabetic; (c), (f), and (i)) stained for collagen with picrosirius red. Quantification results of collagen level in (a)∼(i) ((j), white circles = WT, white squares = Akita, and black squares = Akita with severe inflammation). *𝑃 value <0.05.

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