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. 2017 Sep 13;7:11450. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11734-8

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effect of butyrate-spiking on epithelial barrier integrity. Epithelial barrier integrity at day 4 and day 9 of differentiation of Caco-2 epithelial cells treated with 1/10 (v/v) microbial supernatant of incubated CD microbiota (boxes with downward diagonal pattern), which were treated or not (no probiotic) with B. pullicaecorum 25-3T (BP25-3) or a mix of six butyrate-producers (MIX). In addition, 1/10 (v/v) diluted supernatant samples were spiked with butyrate (final concentration of 2 mM) (dark grey boxes). Data of spiked ‘no probiotic’, BP25-3 and MIX are expressed as % of the non-spiked ‘no probiotic’. Average TEER and Papp LY values with stdev are shown (n ≥ 3) of the two assays (active patient 5, A5, and patient in remission 4, R4). Significant differences with corresponding ‘no probiotic’ sample are indicated with an asterisk.