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. 2019 Oct 27;11(11):2587. doi: 10.3390/nu11112587

Figure 10.

Figure 10

Effect of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) treatment on germ cell apoptosis triggered by intake of gliadin or synthetic gliadin peptides in adult wild-type N2 C. elegans worms. (A) Average numbers of acridine orange (AO)-positive germ cells per gonad arm in gliadin-treated wild-type N2 worms fed with or without NAC. (B) Average numbers of AO-positive germ cells per gonad arm in wild-type N2 after treatment with synthetic gliadin peptides (GP31–43, GP111–130, or GP151–170). (C) Average numbers of AO-positive germ cells per gonad arm in synthetic gliadin peptide (GP111–130 and GP151–170)-treated wild-type N2 worms fed with or without NAC. n.s., not significant. ** p < 0.005 (Student’s t-test).