Figure 5.

Immunohistochemical and image analysis of reactive oxygen species (ROS)/reactive nitrogen species (RNS) byproducts in periarticular tissue from patients diagnosed with arthrofibrosis. A-C show representative images of 8-OHdG immunohistochemistry on (A) control tissue and (B) low bone volume (BV) and (C) high BV arthrofibrotic tissue. Note the large increase in the presence of 8-OHdG in the fibrotic regions associated with tissues containing high amounts of bone. Image analysis of the patient cohorts was based on the average percentage positive per total cell number. (D) The fold increases in ROS/RNS product formation for the high BV group were statistically significant as compared to control and the low BV group (*; P < 0.05). Magnification 100× for (A-C), micron bar equals 100 μm.