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Figure 3

From: Hallmarks of epithelial to mesenchymal transition are detectable in Crohn’s disease associated intestinal fibrosis

Figure 3

Expression of β-catenin in fibrotic lesions. (A + B) In tissue samples from non-IBD control patients, the intestinal epithelial cells featured a strong staining for β-catenin in the cell membrane (black arrows) while the nuclei did not show any significant β-catenin staining (white arrows). In sub-mucosal layers almost no β-catenin was detectable (grey arrows). (C-F) In stenotic areas of CD patients clearly more cells featured nuclear β-catenin staining (black arrows) indicating transcriptionally active, meaning nuclear, β-catenin. Magnification: 10-fold, 40-fold or 100-fold, respectively. All analysed patient samples showed comparable staining characteristics when compared to samples from non-affected controls.

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