Figure 7.

Effect of treatment with caulerpin on the expression of NF-κB p65 in the colon in the DSS-induced colitis model. The expression of the p65 subunit of NF-κB and β-actin, used as the reference gene for normalization, was performed by qPCR. The graph represents the expression level of NF-κB p65 from the vehicle + 3% DSS and the groups that received DSS and were treated with CLP (4 mg/kg) when compared with the group which received water + vehicle. Each point represents the mean ± SD from the tested animals. The data are representative of one independent experiment, with five animals per group in the experiment (N = 5). * p < 0.01, vehicle + 3% DSS versus CLP 4 mg/kg + 3% DSS.