Figure 1
Photomicrographs of representative histopathological profiles. Sections of mouse lung tissue were paraffin-embedded post-irradiation and stained with hematoxylin and eosin in each cohort. Yellow arrows show fibrosis-like changes comprised of connective tissue and extracellular matrix present in samples from 0 Gy control and irradiated mice. B, bronchioles; V, vascular vessels. Magnification × 400, Bar = 20 μm.