Fig. 4: Immunostaining for Col II and Col X in the vertebral growth plate cartilage from the four groups. | Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Fig. 4: Immunostaining for Col II and Col X in the vertebral growth plate cartilage from the four groups.

From: Estrogen promotes the onset and development of idiopathic scoliosis via disproportionate endochondral ossification of the anterior and posterior column in a bipedal rat model

Fig. 4

a Cytoplasmic staining of Col II in the photographs showed lower Col II expression in the OVX and Triptorelin groups than in the female and OVX + E2 groups. b Cytoplasmic staining of Col X in the photographs revealed increased expression of Col X in the OVX and Triptorelin groups than in the female and OVX + E2 groups

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