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. 2021 Mar 17;12:634185. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.634185

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Inhibition of serine protease activity in Ts-ML-ES reduced barrier disruption. (A) The TEER of Caco-2 cells incubated with TNF-α (20 ng/ml), Ts-ML-ES (25 μg/ml), Heat-inactivated Ts-ML-ES (25 μg/ml) or PMSF pretreated Ts-ML-ES (25 μg/ml). (B) The paracellular permeability of FITC-dextran in Caco-2 cell monolayers. Caco-2 cells were incubated with the same stimuli as above. Data represent the mean ± SD of the mean of three independent experiments. ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001 by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s posttest.