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Andrew T. Jacovina, Arunkumar B. Deora, Qi Ling, M. Johan Broekman, Dena Almeida, Caroline B. Greenberg, Aaron J. Marcus, Jonathan D. Smith, Katherine A. Hajjar
Published in Volume 119, Issue 11
J Clin Invest. 2009; 119(11):3384–3394 doi:10.1172/JCI39591
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Fibrin accumulation and impaired perivascular fibrinolysis in hyperhomocysteinemic mice.

(AI) For fibrin immunofluorescence, representative sections from renal (AC), heart (DF), and lung (GI) tissue from mice on chow (A, D, and G), Gly (B, E, and H), or Met (C, F, and I) diets were stained with either rabbit anti-human fibrin(ogen) or nonimmune rabbit IgG (not shown), followed by secondary CY3 (red) and DAPI (blue). Tissue autofluorescence is green. Original magnification, ×400. Scale bars: 100 μm. (JL) For casein zymography, 15-μm sections of lung tissue from mice on chow (J), Gly (K), or Met (L) diets were overlaid with a plasminogen-containing casein gel and incubated (21°C, 90 minutes). Zones of lysis were photographed at 90 minutes under darkfield microscopy. Scale bars: 100 μm. (M) Perivascular caseinolysis surrounding bronchial microvessels was quantified in photographic images. Lysis zones were calculated for at least 10 vessels per photographic field within representative samples. Values shown are mean areas ± SEM, n = 10. *P < 0.001 versus both Gly and chow diets.