Figure 3.

Ileocecal resection (ICR) decreases cleaved caspase-3 protein. A: Representative Western blot for cleaved caspase-3 (CC-3) in cytoplasmic fractions from intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) of control (ctl), sham, and ICR mice. Data show reduced levels of CC-3 in the ICR mice compared with control or sham. B: Densitometry results were normalized to β-actin and shown relative to control. C: Quantitation of CC-3-positive cells in control, sham, and ICR jejunum. Data are shown as the means ± SEM (B and C). n = 3 (B, ctl, sham, and ICR, and C, ctl and sham); n = 6 (C, ICR). ^∗P < 0.05 versus control.