Fig. 2

The effect of DEX on the kinetics of the inflammatory phase parameters of post-injury skeletal muscle regeneration. To establish this effect, the presence and degree of extravasation (a, a’), the presence and degree of necrosis (b, b’), and presence and intensity of inflammation (c, c’) were compared between particular time points in the BPVC-injured muscles of non-treated (control) or DEX-treated animals. The results are expressed as the mean score (± SD) from 6 sites of muscle injury derived from 3 animals (2 independent muscle injuries per single animal) per day in the control (a, b and c) and DEX (a’, b’ and c’) groups. The p-values (^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗∗p < 0.001) refer to the significant differences among all time points in the control group or DEX group