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. 2018 Jan 15;8:743. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16927-9

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Administration of exogenous MIF increases and ISO-1 inhibits the BBB permeability following tMCAO in rats. Evans blue dye was used to evaluate the BBB permeability in vivo. (A) The time-course of BBB permeability assay. (B) Representative images of Evans blue dye in brain tissue. Note that Evans blue dye increased in ipsilateral cortex following tMCAo. MIF increased and ISO-1 inhibited stroke-induced increase of BBB permeability. (C) The summarized results of dye content in the cortex tissue. (D) The expressions of GFAP and tight junction proteins occludin, claudin-5 and ZO-1 in brain tissue (full-length blots are presented in Supplementary Figure 1). Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M. (n = 4–6 in Evans blue assay, and n = 5 in Western blotting). *p < 0.05 compared with contralateral cortex. #p < 0.05 compared with control group.