Fig. 3From: Activins and their related proteins in colon carcinogenesis: insights from early and advanced azoxymethane rat models of colon cancerImmunohistochemical expression of activin IIB receptor (left column), phosphorylated smad2 (middle column) and smad3 (right column) in normal colonic mucosa from control (a, b & c), pre-neoplastic lesions from S-AOM group (d to i), adenocarcinoma (j, k & l) and serosal metastatic foci (m, n & o) from the L-AOM group. (Red star = large dysplastic ACF and yellow star = MDF; ×200 magnification, scale bar = 8 μm)Back to article page