Fig. 1

Histopathological features of ventral prostate tissue in control and EAP rats. In the normal rat, the glandular epithelium structure of prostate glands was integrated and clear without inflammatory cells infiltration and tissue hyperplasia (a). In EAP rat, the prostate duct is irregularly shaped and diffusely inhomogeneous hyperplasia, partial basal lamina was infiltrated by chronic inflammatory cells (b). EAP: Experimental autoimmune prostatitis