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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2008 Jun 30;49(5):821–830. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.025

Figure 2. Probiotics improve hepatic NKT cell depletion in HF diet mice.

Figure 2

Mice were fed HF or ND diets for 8 weeks, and then half the mice were treated with probiotics (HF+probiotics, ND+probiotics), and the other half were treated with vehicle (HF, ND) for an additional 4 weeks. All mice were maintained on either HF diet or ND diet. A) Representative flow cytometry dot plot of hepatic NKT cells. The total amounts of hepatic mononuclear cell (HMNC) remain similar between experimental groups. Therefore, the percentage of HMNC represents the amount of hepatic NKT cells in the liver. B) Mean (+SD) results from triplicate experiments are graphed (n=8/exp). *p<0.05 vs HF. C) Mice from different treatment groups consumed a similar amount of calories. Therefore the effects of probiotic were not due to decreased oral intake.