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. 2020 Jul 17;52(7):1128–1139. doi: 10.1038/s12276-020-0469-y

Fig. 1. The effect of fecal microbial transplantation on emphysema development (Experiment 1).

Fig. 1

a Relative body weight change during 4 weeks of the experimental period. b Representative H&E-stained lung tissues from control, emphysema, and emphysema with FMT mice (magnification: 100×). c The mean linear intercept (MLI) of lung tissues from each group. d, e The levels of IL-6 and IFN-γ cytokines in the BALF (d) and serum (e) measured by ELISA. f The relative mRNA levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-8, IRF-5, IL-18, IFN-γ, TGF-β, MMP-9, and MMP-12 in lung tissues (n = 5 mice per group). Values are expressed as the mean ± SE. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01. CTL control, E emphysema, FMT fecal microbial transplantation.