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From: Connective tissue growth factor promotes articular damage by increased osteoclastogenesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Figure 2

Connective tissue growth factor expression in synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The representative results of HE staining (Figure 2A), immunofluorescence anti-CTGF antibody staining (Figure 2B; green), and anti-F4/80 antibody staining (Figure 2C; red) are shown using surgical samples from RA and OA patients. The samples were counterstained by DAPI (blue) for nuclear staining and merge images are shown (Figure 2D). A strong expression of CTGF and F4/80 was observed in the samples of RA compared to OA and the CTGF expression cells were not overlapped with F/40 expression cells indicating that CTGF is upregulated in synovial fibroblasts rather than macrophages.

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