Fig. 5

Histological analysis. a Representative images of en face analysis. n = 6. b Quantitative analysis of lesion areas in whole aortas. Differences were assessed by unpaired students’ t-test. c Representative images of Oil Red O staining of aortic root sections. d Quantitative analysis of lesion areas in aortic root sections. e Representative images of macrophage (CD68) analysis (b) Quantitative analysis of lesions area in macrophage analysis. f Representative images of SMC (SMA) analysis (g) Quantitative analysis of lesions area in SMC. Differences were assessed by unpaired students’ t-test. *p < 0.05 vs Vehicle, **p < 0.01 vs Vehicle. ^#p < 0.05 vs clopidogrel. Scale bar = 250 μm. n = 3.