Fig. 3. The number of mast cells in the dorsal skin in Nc/Nga mice. (A) Histological assessment was performed by toluidine blue staining (×100). Purple colored cells were counted. (B) The number of mast cells in atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions and VitabridC¹²-treated skin lesions were determined. Purple cells (arrows) were counted. The number of cells at ×400 magnification was counted for each section using 3 randomly selected fields. Data represent mean values±standard error (n=5). ^*p<0.05. The data shown are representative of three independent experiments.