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The Effects of the Spaceflight Environment on the Vaginal Mucin Layer of the Mouse

Camille Romer

Camille Romer

Department of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TN, United States
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Allan Forsman

Allan Forsman

Department of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TN, United States
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Jul 01, 2015
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Published Online: Jul 01, 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gsr-2015-0002
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Figure 1.

Vaginal epithelium from Baseline tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Baseline tissue = 6.5633 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).
Vaginal epithelium from Baseline tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Baseline tissue = 6.5633 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).

Figure 2.

Ground Control Tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Ground Control tissue = 10.0310 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).
Ground Control Tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Ground Control tissue = 10.0310 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).

Figure 3.

Flight tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Flight tissue = 17.3520 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).
Flight tissue (400X). Mean mucin layer thickness for Flight tissue = 17.3520 μm. Note the pale blue staining of the mucin layer indicative of an acidic mucin (arrow).

Figure 4.

Graph comparing the mean apical mucin thickness between the BL, GC, and FL animals
Graph comparing the mean apical mucin thickness between the BL, GC, and FL animals
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