30 July 2020>: Clinical Research
Fiber Type-Specific Morphological and Cellular Changes of Paraspinal Muscles in Patients with Severe Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Xiexiang Shao 1ABCEF* , Jian Chen 1ABCF* , Jingfan Yang 1ADFG* , Wenyuan Sui 1BDFG , Yaolong Deng 1BCEF , Zifang Huang 2BCE , Ping Hu 3ACEG* , Junlin Yang 1ABCDEG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924415
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924415
Figure 1 Representative bilateral paraspinal muscle immunohistological images of laminin 2 alpha (red), fast myosin skeletal heavy chain (green), and DAPI (blue) from individuals with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and control individuals. The cross-sectional area is surrounded by laminin border. Muscle fiber type II can be stained with green while fiber type I cannot. Myonuclei were determined by DAPI+ cells within the laminin border. Scale bar=100 μm.