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. 2011 May 24;6(5):e20446. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020446

Figure 6. Alterations in the protein expression of antimicrobial/antibacterial peptides in omentum tissue and omentum derived adipocytes.

Figure 6

Normal oral submucosal tissue was used to compare the protein expression (Figure 6 a). Constitutive and inducibility in the protein expression of antimicrobial/antibacterial peptide genes in omentum derived adipocytes exposed to LPS (Figure 6 b–e). The expression levels of antimicrobial/antibacterial peptides tested are: LL-37 (20 kDa), HNP1-3 (∼4 kDa) hBD-1 (∼4 kDa), hBD-2 ( ∼5 kDa) and β-Actin (42 kDa). β-Actin was used as internal control to normalize the data. Quantification (densitometry) was done in Gel Documentation System (Alpha Innotech, USA) with the help of AlphaEase™ FC StandAlone V.4.0 software. *P<0.05- significant, **P<0.01- highly significant.