Figure 3
From: Protective effect of genistein on radiation-induced intestinal injury in tumor bearing mice
Photomicrographs showing crypt survival (A, E, and I), villus height (B, F, and J), crypt depth (C, G, and K), and lengths of the basal lamina of 10 enterocytes (D, H, and L) in the jejunal circumference, as revealed by hematoxylin and eosin staining. (A–D) Sham control group, (E–H) irradiation control group, and (I–L) genistein-pretreated group 3.5 d after 10 Gy irradiation. Intestinal sections from the sham group show normal morphology. The genistein-pretreated group exposed to 10 Gy irradiation exhibited increased crypt survival, villi length, and crypt depth when compared with the irradiation control group exposed to 10 Gy irradiation at this magnification and in cross section. The genistein-pretreated group (I) exhibited a shorter basal lamina length when compared with the 10 Gy irradiation control group (H). (A, E, and I) magnification × 40; (B, F, and J) magnification × 100; (C, G, and K) magnification × 200; (D, H and L) magnification × 400.