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Andrade,Filipe Moreira de; Judice,Luiz Felippe; Cisne,Rafael; Félix,Bruno; Mourad,Omar Moté Abou; Cardoso,Gilberto Perez; Babinski,Marcio Antonio. |
The extracellular matrix is a key element in the tracheal morphology and physiology, both in normal and pathological states, yet little is known regarding its composition and organization. Herein we carried out a detailed study of the morphological organization and volumetric density of elastic system fibers in the trachea of Wistar rats. Six Wistar rats at the age of 45 days were used. The trachea was excised following anesthesia with Thiopental and perfusion through the left ventricle with buffered saline followed by formalin solution. Samples were fixed in formaline, embedded in paraffin, and histologically processed. The elastic system fibers were evaluated at light microscopy by using Weigert's resorcin-fuchsin technique after oxidation with oxone.... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Rat; Trachea; Morphology; Elastic fibers; Quantitative evaluation. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000100002 |
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