VIM and chronic pancreatitis: To judge the pattern of extracellular matrix protein distribution within and in the vicinity of mononuclear cell infiltrates in human chronic pancreatitis tissues (n = 10), immunohistochemistry was performed with antibodies against mononuclear cells (CD45; MNC), activated pancreatic stellate cells (alpha smooth muscle actin, alpha-SMA; vimentin; activated PSC), and the ECM proteins fibronectin and collagen1.