Fig. 3

Ultrastructural analysis of DPSC-CM Ultimatrix sponges. Representative SEM images of sponges associated with DPSC-CM Normox (A, C, E) and DPSC-CM Hypox (B, D, F) are showed. Beside the collagen fibrils, is evident the presence of blood vessels, full of erythrocytes, within the scaffold (circle) (A, B). A magnification of the blood vessel in the picture A is shown in C. A capillary, full of erythrocytes, in longitudinal section, is represented in figure D. Macrophages (arrowheads) (E, F) and platelets (asterisk) (F) were also present. Scale bars are indicated in the pictures