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. 2019 Jun 19;9:8742. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45009-1

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Gut Leaching and Systemic Endotoxemia: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded 5 μm intestinal slices from lean mouse control (No. of mice per group, N = 8), wild type mouse control (NAFLD) (N = 8), wild type mouse group exposed with Microcystin (CHOW + MC) (N = 8) and another NAFLD group of mice exposed with Microcystin (NAFLD + MC) (N = 8) were used for immunofluorescence imaging. (A) Immunofluorescence images depicting Claudin-2 (red) (i–iv) and (B) Occludin (red) (v–viii), counterstained with DAPI (blue) in LC, CHOW + MC, NAFLD and NAFLD + MC group of mice intestine. Images were taken at 20X magnification. (C) Morphometric analysis of Claudin-2 immunoreactivity. Y-axis shows % positive immunoreactive area (% ROI) (n = 5, analysis from five separate microscopic fields) (*p < 0.05) (D) Morphometric analysis of Occludin immunoreactivity. Y-axis shows % positive immunoreactive area (% ROI) (n = 5, analysis from five separate microscopic fields) (0.01 < *p < 0.05). (E) Systemic endotoxemia was measured by Chromogenic LAL assay in serum of LC (CHOW), CHOW + MC, NAFLD and NAFLD + MC group of mice.