Representative histologic staining with Safranin O fast green.
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posted on 2014-11-26, 02:43 authored by Jae-Yong Park, Cong-Truyen Duong, Ashish Ranjan Sharma, Kyeong-Min Son, Mark S. Thompson, Sungchan Park, Jun-Dong Chang, Ju-Suk Nam, Seonghun Park, Sang-Soo Lee(A) Normal human articular cartilage section shows uniform Safranin O staining intensity till articular surface. (B) Slight reduction in Safranin O staining intensity at the articular surfaces is observed in a cartilage sample with early OA stage (C) reduced Safranin O staining is observed at the articular surface of a cartilage sample with advanced OA stage due to rupture of cartilage. Magnification x20; scale bars 100 µm.
