Fig. 6
From: The role of pro-opiomelanocortin in the ACTH–cortisol dissociation of sepsis
Adrenocortical architecture and adrenal cholesterol ester storage. a Semiquantitative scoring of adrenal architecture. Data are represented as cumulative percentages of the respective group. b Representative examples of HE stained images for each score. c Adrenal cholesterol ester storage quantification. Bars and whiskers represent median and 75th quartile percentage of ORO-stained area relative to total adrenal area. Horizontal gray box represents the interquartile range of the healthy controls. d Representative examples of ORO-stained sections of the healthy groups, acute phase (1-day sepsis group), subacute phases (3- and 5-day sepsis group) and prolonged phase of critical illness (7-day sepsis group). *p < 0.05 as compared to the respective healthy control group. D, days