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Adam C. Straub, Katherine A. Clark, Mark A. Ross, Ashwin G. Chandra, Song Li, Xiang Gao, Patrick J. Pagano, Donna B. Stolz, Aaron Barchowsky
Published in Volume 118, Issue 12
J Clin Invest. 2008; 118(12):3980–3989 doi:10.1172/JCI35092
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Figure 4
NADPH oxidase is required for arsenic-stimulated capillarization in vivo.

(A) Matched wild-type and p47phox knockout C57BL/6 mice were untreated or exposed to 100 ppb arsenite in their drinking water for 2 wk. Liver sections were imaged by scanning EM at ×7,500 magnification. (B) Porosity of liver sections in A was quantified as in Figure 1. Data are mean ± SD; significance of differences was determined by ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls post test (n = 3 mice per treatment). (C) Representative transmission EM images of liver sinusoids captured from ultrathin sections of mice in A. L, sinusoidal lumen. (D) SECs isolated from p47phox knockout mice were exposed ex vivo to either 2.5 mM arsenic or 50 mM H2O2 for 8 h. The cells were then fixed and imaged by scanning EM, and porosity was quantified as in Figure 1. Data (mean ± SD) indicate percent porosity of 5 separate cultures per group. **P < 0.01 versus control; ##P < 0.01 versus arsenite. Scale bars: 1 μm (A); 0.1 μm (C).