Fig 8. Effects of chronic social stress in pigs on mast cell chymase and tryptase mRNA expression and mast cell tryptase staining in ileum and colon.
Relative mRNA expression of (A) ileal CMA1 and (B) ileal MCT7. (C) Ileal submucosal mast cell tryptase-positive counts. Relative mRNA expression of (D) colonic CMA1 and (E) colonic MCT7. (F) Colonic submucosal mast cell tryptase-positive counts. mRNA values are relative to the expression level measured in control pigs. Values are means ± SE (n = 6 per treatment). ** indicates significant difference, P ≤ 0.01; * indicates significant difference, P ≤ 0.05; P = 0.07 (C), P = 0.09 (F) by Students T-test.