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From: Angiogenic gene expression and vascular density are reflected in ultrasonographic features of synovitis in early rheumatoid arthritis: an observational study

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Synovial tissue stained with factor VIII demonstrating vessels and gated digital analysis for different sized vessels. (A) Digital image of immunofluorescent-stained synovial blood vessels at 20 times magnification (Olympus BX60 microscope). Synovial tissue with factor VIII staining indicating vessel wall fluorescence (pink). (B) Division of vessel size using digital imaging analysis based on specified generated gates with colour differentiation: blue/green, large; red, medium; grey, small. (C) Corresponding vascular histology stained with vWF - von willebrand factor, CD68 immunohistochemistry and knee power Doppler images for the midline supra-patella pouch (SPP). vWF and CD68 staining at 10 times magnification (Olympus BX60 microscope). Ultrasound (US) images from GE logiq 9 machine with 12 MHz probe. High, intermediate and low levels of vascularity and inflammation indicated.

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