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. 2017 Feb 15;7(2):42. doi: 10.3390/nano7020042

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(a) Photographs of the skin of a mice 48 h after irradiation with ultraviolet light: untreated (no dressing) and treated with alginate (SA)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) fibres (SA-PEO). An evident burn mark (red area) was visible for the animals without treatment, differently from mice treated with the electrospun dressings (no trace of erythema). Time course of the expression of (b) Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and (c) Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) for animals without treatment (UVB) and for animals treated with SA-PEO fibres (UVB-SA-PEO) and with SA-PEO fibre containing lavender essential oil (LO) (UVB-SA-PEO/LO). Adapted with permission from [50].