Skip to main content
. 2024 Sep 20;20:419. doi: 10.1186/s12917-024-04241-2

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

An immunohistochemical staining of MMP-9 in the diaphragm demonstrates the anti-inflammatory effects of pumpkin seed oil and albendazole (a) The negative reaction in the uninfected pumpkin-treated group (negative control in the small box); b Cytoplasmic reaction of MMP-9 positive cells were distributed around encysted larvae and between muscle bands in the infected untreated group; c Marked downregulation in the expression of MMP-9 around the encysted larvae in the pumpkin-treated group and the albendazole-treated group (d)