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. 2019 Feb 14;9:2030. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38322-8

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effects of plasma from patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) on OCCLUDIN and ZO-1 in 3D Caco-2 cysts. mRNA levels (a), confocal microscopy analyses of OCCLUDIN and ZO-1 (b–d) in Caco-2 cysts that were treated with plasma (37.5% v/v) from healthy controls (HC), active or inactive CD patients for 24 hours. Images in (b) were captured from the middle cross-section of the cysts. Bar indicates 50 µm. Quantified fluorescence intensities in (b) are shown in (c). Images in (d) were captured from the top surface of the cysts. Bar indicates 20 µm. All graphs represent the results of three replicate experiments. Data expressed as means ± SEM with 6 subjects per group and at least 8 cysts per subject. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test.