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Fig. 3 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 3

From: Structural changes and expression of hepatic fibrosis-related proteins in coculture of Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces and human hepatic stellate cells

Fig. 3

Structural characteristics of HSC (TEM, 30 000×) (HSCs exposed to PSCs). a The oval lipid droplets clearly visible in HSCs on 0 day. (arrow). b, d The mitochondrial cristae space widening and the microfilaments increasing in cytoplasm on the day 3 (arrow). c The lysosomes increasing and mitochondria swelling occurred in HSCs (arrow) on the day 3. e microvilli on the HSC cell membrane (arrow) 

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