Fig. 2From: Spontaneous embryo resorption in the mouse is triggered by embryonic apoptosis followed by rapid removal via maternal sterile purulent inflammationTrophoblast array, haemorrhage, and suppurated focus of Composite 1, Higher magnification of underlying section of composite 1 (Additional file 1, Layer Histology). a self-organizing trophoblast array (tr), maternal haemorrhage (mh), and purulent focus (pu), 10x. b Inset: purulent focus with neutrophil granulocytes (n) and maternal erythrocytes. Trophoblast cell (tr) with faint caspase 3 staining in the cytoplasm, invaded by neutrophils and lymphocytes (arrows). 100x. Caspase 3. For localization see Additional file 1: Detailed Observations, Slide 2Back to article page