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. 2024 Nov 12;19(11):e0311552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311552

Fig 5. Evaluation of the bactericidal effect of far UV-C irradiation for the peritonitis rat model in the hyper-acute phase.

Fig 5

Bacterial concentration in ascites (A) and serum interleukin (IL)-1β (B), IL-6 (C), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) (D) levels in the sham (non-irradiated, n = 5, irradiated, n = 5) and peritonitis groups (non-irradiated, n = 10, irradiated, n = 10). The bacterial concentration and serum IL-1β and IL-6 levels significantly decreased in the irradiated peritonitis group (**p < 0.01, Student’s t-test). Correlations between the bacterial concentration in ascites and serum IL-1β level (E) (r = 0.644, p < 0.01) and that between the bacterial concentration in ascites and serum IL-6 level (F) (r = 0.838, p < 0.01) in the peritonitis group. Gray circles indicate the irradiated group and white circles indicate the non-irradiated group.