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Figure 2 | Comparative Hepatology

Figure 2

From: Morphological characterisation of portal myofibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells in the normal dog liver

Figure 2

Desmin. Normal canine liver, stained with desmin antibody. a) A HSC (right) is positive in the perinuclear cytoplasm, weakly extending into a cytoplasmic process; also a negative vitamin A-storing HSC (arrow) is present. b) In the portal area, a moderate to strong staining is present in the smooth muscle cells of the arterial tunica muscularis and in the perivenular smooth muscle cells of the portal vein. HSC are weakly positive in the perinuclear cytoplasm.

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Comparative Hepatology

ISSN: 1476-5926