Fig. 2. Deteriorative effect of cutaneous S. aureus on apoptotic cell death and phagocytic activity of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).
(A–D) Skin colonization by S. aureus in the eight-week-old AD rat. Clusters of Gram-positive staphylococci are shown in the superficial layers of the AD rat skins. All the skin samples presented here were obtained from the back of animals. Scale bar = 50 μm. (E) Fractions of Annexin V+/7-AAD+ cells to the total PBMCs in both the naïve and AD rats. (F, G) Populations of the phagocytic PBMCs (F) and CD163+ cells (G), both of which have fluorescent zymosan A bioparticles inside the cells. AD, atopic dermatitis. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, t-test.
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