Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Attenuates Diabetic Retinopathy in Adult Rats with Experimentally Induced Diabetes in the Early Stage

Figure 3

Representative photomicrographs of VEGF (red) and NeuN (green) double staining of the retina in the NC, DM3w, DM6w, and DM9w groups. VEGF immunoreactivity was localized in NeuN-labeled neurons (single arrow) and blood vessels (asterisk). VEGF staining appeared to be enhanced with the progress of diabetes (a, b, c, D-1), while the size of NeuN-labeled neurons became smaller (a, b, c, D-2). Bar = 50 μm.

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