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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Sep 27;17(5):1149–1162. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21463

Figure 1. The severity of DSS-induced colitis is attenuated in AhR −/+ mice.

Figure 1

Mice were administered 3.5% DSS dissolved in water for 7 days followed by 3 days of water. Control mice received water alone for 10 days. [A] Kaplan-Meier plot showing premature lethality of male AhR −/− when compared with WT and AhR −/+ littermates [B] AhR mRNA gene expression in the colonic tissue [C] Body weight [D] Hematocrit [E] Colon length [F] Histopathological grading of colonic inflammation at the end of the experiment. Data are expressed as mean ± SE, n=10/group.