Research Article

Gene Electrotransfer of Plasmid-Encoding IL-12 Recruits the M1 Macrophages and Antigen-Presenting Cells Inducing the Eradication of Aggressive B16F10 Murine Melanoma

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Representative images of hematoxylin/eosin staining of all the experimental groups (negative control (only skin) with no specific day and H2O, H2O + EP, pControl + EP, LPS (positive control), and pORF-mIL-12-ORT + EP) on day 1, day 4, day 8, and day 14 (11). A semiquantitative scoring system for immunopositive cells was used: (+) low, (++) moderate, and (+++) high positivity. Various histological characteristics of the figures are marked: immune cell infiltration (), blood vessels (▲), melanin (), necrosis (●), and epithelium damage (◊). The images were taken under 20x magnification (numerical aperture 0.85).