Safranin O and fast green staining were performed to determine changes in proteoglycans. The mouse and rat IVD sections were stained with a Safranin O kit (Solarbio, China) according to the manufacturer's recommended procedure. An IX71-SIF microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) was used to capture the images.
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