Fig. 4
Effect of the CEDrs (at 84 weeks of the experiment) on density of (a) MΦ (Mac-1+), (b) apoptotic cells (TUNEL+), (c) antigen presenting cells (HLA-DR+), (d) oxidatively stressed cells (SOD2+), (e) apoptotic cells (TP53+) and (f) smooth muscle cells (α-actin+) in atherosclerotic plaques of thoracic aortas compared with group I (after 6 weeks induction with CED). Data are expressed as Mean + SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs. group I; ##P < 0.01 vs group II; §P < 0.05 vs group III. n = 5–8