Fig. 1

Representative images of histological characteristic of patients’ plaque material. Medium (a) and high (b) cellularity, medium (c) and high (d) inflammatory infiltrate, dense relatively acellular fibrous tissue (e), loose fibrous tissue (f), calcification (g) and lipids contents (h). Representative images showing different level of expression of Notch receptors (cleaved Notch 1, Notch1, and Notch3) in plaque material. Isotype control is shown in the red box (i). (Magnification ×4, bar size 100 µm)