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. 2020 Feb 17;18(2):219–228. doi: 10.5217/ir.2019.00037

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

PAI-1 inhibitor (TM5275) suppressed intestinal fibrosis in TNBS-induced murine colitis. (A) Representative histological examples of each group (H&E and Masson trichrome staining). (B, C) Analysis of macroscopic score and microscopic score. (D) Collagen deposition was determined by the Sircol collagen assay. (E) Body weight changes of each group. (F) Colon length of each group. (G) Local production of MMP-9 in the colonic mucosa of chronic colitis by ELISA. Bars represent the median. P-value by two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test. a P<0.05; b P<0.001. PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; TNBS, 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase 9; ETOH, ethanol; CMC, carboxymethyl cellulose.