Fig. 7.
Intestinal epithelial apoptosis. Intestinal apoptosis was quantified in crypt (A and B) and villus (C and D) epithelium by active caspase-3 staining and H&E staining. WT septic mice exhibited increased apoptosis compared with shams by both methods. In contrast, IFABP-EGF septic mice had similar levels of apoptosis to sham animals by both methods.