Cartilage glycosaminoglycans

Cartilage glycosaminoglycans

Safranin-O staining of glycosaminoglycan (pink/red) in bovine cartilage after chondroitinase ABC treatment. Top: native (A), and chondroitinase ABC-treated (B) meniscal cartilage; Bottom: native (C), and chondroitinase ABC-treated (D) articular cartilage.

Manula S. B. Rathnayake

The University of Melbourne, Australia

Kathryn S. Stok

The University of Melbourne, Australia

Imaging of skeletal muscle cells and extracellular matrix

Confocal fluorescent microscope showing tissue cross section of healthy porcine skeletal muscle stained using phalloidin (red muscle cells) and wheat germ agglutinin (green, extracellular matrix).

Image acquired on a Nikon Eclipse E800 microscope with Nikon COOLPIX P600