Research Article

Surgical Injury and Ischemia Prime the Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction and Increase Angiogenic Capacity in a Mouse Limb Ischemia Model

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A combination of surgical injury and ischemia was necessary for capillary angiogenesis during limb ischemia. Angiogenesis was visualized by immunohistochemical staining against CD31. (a) Representative microscopic images of CD31-positive capillaries located in ischemic hindlimb muscles. Compared with the sham group (without SVF transplantation), the injury+ischemia group showed increased CD31-positive capillary density on day 14 after injection. The arrows indicate capillaries in the hindlimb muscles. . (b) Total area of CD31-positive capillaries per 400x field in sections of the adductor muscle (5 microscopic fields per slide for each mouse); . SVF: stromal vascular fraction.
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