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. 2020 Mar 26;10:5523. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62497-8

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Protective effects of LPF and SPFC against goblet cell destruction in rats with DSS-induced acute colitis. The middle portions of distal colons were stained with alcian blue (A), and the numbers of goblet cells in the crypts were counted (B) in rats with DSS-induced acute colitis. (n = 6 per group, at least 5 parts were evaluated for each sample). The numbers of goblet cells/crypts are expressed as the mean ± SD. Mann-Whitney test was performed. NC: the negative control group; Model: the 5% DSS-induced colitis group; LPF: the 5% DSS and live P. freudenreichii-treated group; RCM: the 5% DSS and reinforced clostridial medium-treated group; SPFC: the 5% DSS and supernatant of P. freudenreichii culture-treated group.