Effect of Emodin on Preventing Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Adhesion Formation

Figure 3

The completeness rate of normal mesothelial cells seven days after the operation (; compared with the control group, and ). (a) Immunohistochemical staining of CK-18 among the different groups. The magnification is 100× (black arrows indicate CK-18-positive mesothelial cells or injured mesothelial cell lines). (b) The emodin-treated groups had intact peritoneal mesothelial cell layers as detected by immunohistochemical staining for CK-18 (total , abnormally distributed, Kruskal-Wallis test).

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