Identification of the Molecular Basis of Nanocurcumin-Induced Telocyte Preservation within the Colon of Ulcerative Colitis Rat Model

Figure 7

Photomicrographs of vimentin immunohistochemical-stained sections in the colon. (a–c) The control group and (d–f) NC group both show plentiful vimentin-positive TC cells (arrow) with long Tps (arrowhead) close to the crypt epithelium, muscularis mucosa, submucosa, musculosa, myenteric plexus, and around blood vessel (BV). (g–i) The UC group reveals hardly seen TCs in the mucosa and submucosa and few numbers of cells in the musculosa and myenteric plexus. (j–l) The UC+NC group shows abundant TCs in the mucosa, submucosa, musculosa, and myenteric plexus () (vimentin immunostaining X400 insert in k X1000).