Fig. 5

Accumulation of TUNEL⁺ cells in lymphedema tissues on POD21.  A Detection of TUNEL⁺ cells (Green) in lymphedema tissues of WT and C3 KO mice.  B Comparison of number of TUNEL⁺ cells per whole field in lymphedema tissues of WT and C3 KO mice (n = 4/group). Horizontal bars indicate the averages; * P  < 0.05. C Detection of TUNEL⁺ cells (Green) in lymphedema tissues of WT and C5 KO mice. D Comparison of number of TUNEL⁺ cells per whole field in lymphedema tissues of WT (n = 4) and C5 KO mice (n = 5). Horizontal bars indicate the averages. Representative images were shown in (A) and (C). Yellow arrowheads indicate TUNEL⁺ cells. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (Blue). Scale bars = 100 μm