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

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01 juil. 2015
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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