FIG 5.

Effect of vitamin A status on LPS response and i.v. challenge with C. rodentium. (A) Serum TNF-α in A⁻ and A⁺ mice treated with LPS. (B and C) CFU in the spleen (B) and liver (C) of mice following i.v. injection of C. rodentium. Values are the means ± standard errors of the means combined from two to three independent experiments with n being 8 to 9/group/time point. (A) Two-tailed Student t test; (B and C) two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc tests. Asterisks indicate significant differences between groups at specific days by posttest (*, P < 0.05).