Loss of intestinal Smad4 expression is associated with altered levels, but not localization, of several Claudin proteins. A: Western blots (WB) from protein lysates generated from colon epithelium of five Smad4ΔLrig1 and five control mice. B: quantification of relative protein density by WB. Protein density was compared between mouse genotypes by Mann–Whitney test. C: immunohistochemistry for SMAD4 protein (brown) in SMAD4+ control and Smad4ΔLrig1 mice. D: immunofluorescence staining for indicated Claudin proteins. Claudin proteins in red, nuclei in green. Statistical significance is designated as nsP ≥ 0.05, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.