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. 2019 Jun 17;9:8659. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45270-4

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Microbiome depletion with Abx rescued several bone phenotypes in SCD male mice as determined by bone histomorphometry. (a) von Kossa staining shows decreased trabeculae in SCD-H2O group that was partially rescued with Abx treatment. (b) Calcein and Xylenol orange labeling shows decreased double-label distance in the SCD-H2O group compared with the Ctrl-H2O group, that was partially rescued with Abx treatment. (c) Mineral apposition rate (MAR), (d) mineral surface/bone surface (MS/BS), (e) bone formation rate/bone surface (BFR/BS), (f) osteoblast surface per bone surface (ObS/BS), (g) osteoclast number/bone surface (N.Oc/BS), (h) osteoclast surface/bone surface (OcS/BS). n = 4 mice/group. Data are mean ± SE. *p < 0.05 compared with Ctrl-H2O; #p < 0.05 compared with corresponding H2O group by two-way ANOVA.