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Since the sections were not counterstained with hematoxylin in this set of experiments, epithelial cell cytoplasm appears as light brown.
After two 1-minute rinses in distilled water, the tissue sections were counterstained with hematoxilin, cleared and dehydrated by successive gradations through 70%, 95%, and 100% ethanol followed by a final passage in xylene.
Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI, cells were visualized on a Zeiss Axioplan microscope with a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera.
The sections were counterstained with toluidine blue, dehydrated with ethanol and xylene, coverslipped, and images viewed and recorded using a Nikon Eclipse 600 microscope equipped with Spot digital camera (Diagnostic Instruments, Sterling Heights, MI).
In situ detection of DNA fragmentation was performed by incorporation of fluorescein-12-dUTP at the 3'-OH ends of DNA using Terminal deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TUNEL assay) (Apoptosis Detection System, Fluorescein, Promega, Madison, WI), as performed previously by this laboratory [ 7 26 ] . Nuclei were counterstained using propidium iodide (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO).