Figure 2. Immunolocalization of hBD-2 in human epithelia.

Immunohistochemical staining of normal human tissues (tongue, plantar skin and trunk skin, A–C) with a polyclonal rabbit antiserum against recombinant hBD-2. Note that protein data largely follow the mRNA data demonstrating the absence in normal skin, low expression in tongue and plantar skin. Bar = 100 µm. Control sections stained with pre-immune serum were negative (not shown).