Figure 1

Laser capture microdissection of synovial lining regions with normal-like lining or multilayered lining. (a,d)before microdissection; (b,e) after tracing around the lining regions together with the intimal lining layer, using a laser microbeam; (c,f) catapulted into a microcentrifuge tube by the micromanipulator with a single, precisely aimed laser shot.