MU Researchers Find Unique Protein Organization in Arteries Associated with Cardiovascular Disease (VIDEO)
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The following movies show sequential stacks of images starting on the outer wall of each small artery and progressing into the lumen of the blood vessel. They are followed by a rotating 3-D reconstruction of the image stack. In all movies the red stained fibers on the outside of the skeletal muscle and abdominal vessels consist of the protein elastin. All vessels have an internal elastin sheet that separates cells lining the lumen of the blood vessels and the muscle cells in the wall. The green dye stains cell nuclei so the orientation of cells can be visualized.
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