Figure 2.
Effects of melittin on OVA-induced inflammatory infiltrate and skin thickening. (a) Representative images of histologic analysis with H&E staining show that melittin ameliorated the OVA-induced inflammatory infiltrate and the thickening of the epidermis and dermis. Scale bar = 100 μm. (b) The thicknesses of the epidermis and dermis were measured from at least 10 random fields per section at 200-fold magnification. Results are expressed as means ± SEM. *p < 0.05 compared with the NC group. † p < 0.05 compared with the OVA group. NC: normal control; OVA: ovalbumin; M1, M10, and M100: 1, 10, and 100 μg kg−1 melittin; −: untreated.