Silencing of thrombospondin-1 prevents abdominal adhesion formation by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress

Figure 2 Thrombospondin-1 deficiency can attenuate postoperative abdominal adhesion formation in mice. A: Typical images of live imaging for mice transfected by lentivirus (three groups, n = 3 mice/group); B: Typical immunohistochemistry staining images of thrombospondin-1 and quantification in different groups (five groups, n = 5 mice/group); C: Representative images showing the gross postoperative abdominal adhesion conditions and Nair’s score in different groups after peritoneal injury (five groups, n = 5 mice/group). The arrows indicate adhesive tissue. NC: Negative control; Thbs-1: Thrombospondin-1; NS: Normal saline; LSKL: Leu-Ser-Lys-Leu.