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Fig. 6 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Fig. 6

From: Fibrotic pulmonary dust foci is an advanced pneumoconiosis lesion in rats induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a 2-year inhalation study

Fig. 6

Characteristics of Interstitial Macrophages. A–D: Triple staining for the myeloid lineage marker PU.1 (green in the nucleus), the macrophage marker CD68 (brown in the cytoplasm), and the AT1 differentiation marker Pdpn (red in the cell membrane) in the subpleural interstitium (A, bar: 50 μm), perivascular interstitium (B, bar: 25 μm), BALT (C, bar: 200 μm), and broncho-vascular bundle (D, bar: 100 μm) of a rat lung exposed to 8 mg/m3 TiO2 NPs. E: Masson Trichrome staining of a dust macule. F: Polarized image in E. Bar: 50 μm in E–F

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