Role of Scx+/Sox9+ cells as potential progenitor cells for postnatal supraspinatus enthesis formation and healing after injury in mice
Fig 5
Healing process after supraspinatus tendon enthesis injury in 3-week-old mice.
(A-L) Microscopic images of the tendon-bone attachment sites at 3 days (d), and 1, 2, and 4 weeks (wks) after injury in 3-week-old (wo) mice, stained with toluidine blue (A-D), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)/alizarin red S (E-H). Image of the second harmonic generation (SHG, white, I-L). hu, humerus. Solid lines highlight the surface of humeral bone. Scale bar = 100 μm.