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. 2018 Oct 3;124(1):94–100. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313234

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Casp1−/− microbiota promotes atherosclerosis development in Ldlr−/− mice fed high-fat cholesterol (HFC) diet. A, Representative toluidine blue stained slides of the aortic root. Scale bars, 400 μm. B, Quantification of atherosclerotic root lesion area. Chow (13 wk): Ldlr−/−(Ldlr−/−) mice, n=15; Ldlr−/−(Casp1−/−) mice, n=16. HFC (8 wk): Ldlr−/−(Ldlr−/−) mice, n=19; Ldlr−/−(Casp1−/−) mice, n=19. HFC (13 wk): Ldlr−/−(Ldlr−/−) mice, n=14; Ldlr−/−(Casp1−/−) mice, n=13. In bar graphs, data represent number of observations. For the scatter plot, the midline represents the mean±SEM. *P<0.05 by unpaired 1-tailed Student t test.