Markers and Biomarkers of Endothelium: When Something Is Rotten in the State

Figure 2

(a) Dilated venule (arrow) within the endoneurium of sciatic nerve with aggregated blood cells and their penetration (diapedesis) through the vessel wall (arrowhead). Three weeks after acute exposure to soman (GD). H&E, ×350. (b) Distonic venules (arrows) and congestion of blood cells within (mostly erythrocytes) and around (mostly granulocytes and macrophages, arrowheads) in the mesenterium of small intestine. Two weeks after subacute intoxication with VR (Russian Vx). H&E with additional benzidine staining, ×150.

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