Fig. 2

Mice that received intra-articular (i.art.) 0.1 mg Zymosan (Zy) or saline into joints were treated with 90 mg/kg MgCl₂per os. Synovia collected 6 h after Zy injection were processed for immunohistochemistry (see text for details). Representative illustration and semiquantitative data of the immunoexpression of NFκB (b,d,f) and TNF-(c,e,g) as compared to control (a). Data are mean ± (SD) (n = 6/group) compared using Student’s “t” test (Original magnification x40)