HEMATOXYLIN-EOSIN. 10x

ALCIAN BLUE-PAS. 10x

TOLUIDINE BLUE. 10x SAFRANIN O / FAST GREEN. 10x

HEALTHY CARTILAGE

HEMATOXYLIN-EOSIN. 4x

MASSON´S

TRICHROMIC. 4x

ALCIAN BLUE-PAS. 4x

TOLUIDINE BLUE. 4x

SAFRANIN-O. 4x

SAFRANIN O / FAST GREEN. 4x

OA Cartilage

Stainings performed to determine the Mankin score in the normal and healthy cartilage samples used in the manuscript. We only show 1 representative sample of healthy cartilage and 1 representative sample of OA cartilage.

Reviewer 2 (Tomoyuki Nakasa): concerns 1 and 2.