Fig. 9
From: Faecalibacterium prausnitzii as a potential Antiatherosclerotic microbe
Intestinal mucus barrier and mechanical barrier properties of the intervention group and control group. a Representative Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff staining of the ileum and quantitative analysis of Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff staining in the ileum (6 samples per group). b Representative sections and quantitative analysis of MUC-2 in the small intestine (5 samples per group). c mRNA levels in the small intestine. The data were normalized to the housekeeping gene β-actin (5 samples per group). d Representative sections and quantitative analysis of ZO-1 in the small intestine (5 to 6 samples per group). e Comparison of ZO-1 protein levels among the live F. prausnitzii group (LF. p), inactivated F. prausnitzii (DF. p) group and control group after cell model intervention. The white/black bar represents 500 μm. The data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. All P values were determined by two independent sample t tests