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. 2020 Oct 19;10:17618. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74634-4

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Epidermal apoptotic and antioxidative levels in artificial psoriatic human and imiquimod-induced psoriatic rat skins: (A) Caspase-3 immunolabeling of the epidermis at day 7 post-treatment in the artificial psoriatic (i–v) and rat psoriatic (vi–x) skins (magnification, × 400). (i, vi) non-treatment; (ii, vii) extraction; (iii, viii) betamethasone; (iv, ix) calcitriol (D3); and (v, x) normal skin. (xi, xii) Comparison of epidermal caspase-3 expression levels in artificial psoriatic (xi) and rat psoriatic (xii) skins. (B) Nrf-2 immunolabeling of the epidermis at day 7 post-treatment in the artificial psoriatic (i–v) and rat psoriatic (vi–x) skins (magnification, × 400). i and vi, non-treatment; (ii, vii) extraction; (iii, viii) betamethasone; (iv, ix) calcitriol (D3); and (v, x) normal skin. (xi, xii) Comparison of Nrf-2 epidermal expression in the artificial psoriatic (xi) and rat psoriatic (xii) skins.