Fig. 9From: Alterations in NO- and PGI2- dependent function in aorta in the orthotopic murine model of metastatic 4T1 breast cancer: relationship with pulmonary endothelial dysfunction and systemic inflammationRepresentative microphotographs of endothelial von Willebrand Factor (vWF) expression in cross-sectional slides of the thoracic aorta (a) and summarized results (b) analysed by Columbus texture analysis of vWF Cy3 fluorescence in aortic rings from control mice and mice at 2, 4, 5 and 6 weeks after cancer cell inoculation. ** indicates p < 0.01; *** indicates p < 0.001. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 4Back to article page