Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Fig. 1

From: Long-term administration of the fungus toxin, sterigmatocystin, induces intestinal metaplasia and increases the proliferative activity of PCNA, p53, and MDM2 in the gastric mucosa of aged Mongolian gerbils

Fig. 1

Light microscopic views of the normal gastric mucosa of Mongolian gerbils. a Normal stomach tissue is smooth and without foci of inflammation in the gastric mucosa. b Findings in the luminal surface of the normal stomach body. The epithelium is well preserved and Alcian blue staining does not demonstrate acidic mucin. c Periodic acid Schiff’s (PAS) reaction is negligible. Characteristics of adenocarcinoma and mucus production are not confirmed. Stains: hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining (a), pH 2.5 Alcian blue staining (b), PAS staining (c). Group: non-treated control group (a–c)

Back to article page

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

ISSN: 1347-4715

Contact us