Acne Lesion, University of California San Diego (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Acne Lesion, University of California San Diego

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Microscopic image of an inflamed pimple with cathelicidin stained red, fat cells stained green and the nuclei of every cell stained blue. Because cathelicidin is produced from fat cells, their staining merges together.

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UC San Diego Health Sciences

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