FIGURE 4.

A 6-wk AD-soy-pea feeding (“treatment”) trial reduces the severity of advanced chronic ileitis in adult (24-wk-old) specific-pathogen-free SAMP mice (Experiment 4). Values are mean ± SD, n = 7–8. (A) Fecal MPO and (B) FITC-dextran recovered in plasma at week 6. (C) 3D-SM percentage abnormal mucosa and (D) histology scores for terminal ileum. *Different from con, P < 0.05. AD-soy-pea, American diet modified by protein source (soy and pea isolates); con, control; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; MPO, myeloperoxidase; M-W, Mann–Whitney U test; SAMP, SAMP1/YitFC mouse line; 3D-SM, stereomicroscopy 3-D pattern profiling.