Images of Elastin in Skin Tissues (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Images of Elastin in Skin Tissues

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Images of skin sections from wild-type mice (left) and mice genetically engineered to develop skin fibrosis (right). The skin sections were stained for elastin (green), which is present in much higher levels in the fibrotic skin tissues, and keratin (red).

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