1. Mesothelium regeneration on acellular bovine pericardia loaded with an angiogenic agent (ginsenoside Rg1) successfully reduces postsurgical pericardial adhesions 
Yen Chang, MD, Po-Hong Lai, MS, Chung-Chi Wang, MD, Sung-Ching Chen, PhD, Wei-Chun Chang, MS, Hsing-Wen Sung, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 132, Issue 4, Pages e3 (October 2006)
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2. Figure 1
Photographs of the e-PTFE, cellular, acellular, and acellular/Rg1 patches (marked by * at one of the corners of each implanted patch) retrieved at 3 months after surgery. Arrows point to the sites of pericardial adhesions.
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3. Figure 2
Photomicrographs (stained with hematoxylin and eosin; original magnification, 200×) of the e-PTFE, Cellular, Acellular, and Acellular/Rg1 patches retrieved at 3 months after surgery.
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4. Figure 3
Photomicrographs of the acellular and acellular/Rg1 patches retrieved at 3 months after surgery: immunohistochemical stains identified neocollagen type III (brown staining; original magnification, 800×); van Gieson stain identified mesothelial cells (original magnification, 800×).
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5. Figure E1
Photomicrographs (stained with hematoxylin and eosin [H&E]; original magnification, 200×) and scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the Cellular and Acellular patches used in the study.
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6. Figure E2
Photomicrographs (stained with hematoxylin and eosin; original magnification, 200×) of the e-PTFE, Cellular, Acellular, and Acellular/Rg1 patches retrieved at 1 month after surgery.
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7. Figure E3
Photomicrographs of the Acellular and Acellular/Rg1 patches retrieved at 3 months after surgery: stained with Factor VIII (original magnification, 800×), Masson trichrome (original magnification, 200×), a monoclonal antibody against α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA; brown staining; original magnification, 800×), and safranin O (red staining; original magnification, 200×).
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