Table 1.
Effects of mofetil mycophenolate (MMF) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats on phyla changes in the gut microbiota.
| Phylum | CTR (n = 6) |
DOCA (n = 6) |
DOCA+MMF (n = 6) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes | 72.6 ± 4.8 | 78.6 ± 3.5 | 62.4 ± 5.7 # |
| Proteobacteria | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.7 |
| Bacteroidetes | 25.0 ± 4.4 | 19.0 ± 3.4 | 35.2 ± 5.6 # |
| Actinobacteria | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| Tenericutes | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 0.2 ± 0.1 |
| Others | 2.8 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 0.3 ± 0.2 |
Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Control rats (CTR). # p < 0.05 compared with the DOCA group.