Figure 3.
(a–d) Immunohistochemical micrographs of inpatients with nasal polyps and control subjects. (a) 42-year-old male with healthy nasal mucosa. Numerous IL-6 positive structures in the control sample epithelium and few positive structures in connective tissue. IL-6 IMH, X 250; (b) 30-year-old female with CRSwNP. Few to moderate IL-6 positive structures in epithelium and moderate to numerous IL-6 positive structures in connective tissue of a nasal polyp. IL-6 IMH, X 250; (c) 42-year-old male with healthy nasal mucosa. Numerous IL-7 positive structures in epithelium of a control sample with few to moderate positive structures in connective tissue. IL-7 IMH, X 250; (d) 33-year-old male with CRSwNP. Few to moderate positive structures in epithelium and moderate to numerous IL-7 positive structures in the connective tissue of a nasal polyp. IL-7 IMH, X 250.