Figure 4.
Relative mRNA expression of tight junction protein-encoding genes in the caecum of FRL rats. (A) Relative gene expression of ocln in rats. (B) Relative gene expression of cldn3 in rats. Gene expression was normalized against gene expression of Gapdh using the ΔΔCt method. FMT-MDD: Faecal microbiota transplantation from patients with MDD into rats. FMT-Healthy: Faecal microbiota transplantation from healthy individuals into rats. FMT-MDD-Ser: Faecal microbiota transplantation from patients with MDD into rats combined with treatment with sertraline. CON-Auto: Rats receiving auto-transplantations. CON-H2O: Rats receiving demineralised water.