Fig. 5.

Effects of SAA on expression of TJ proteins ZO-1, Occludin and Claudin-1 between intestinal epithelium cells, with or without participation of PPs. (A) Representative images of immunofluorescence staining TJ proteins ZO-1, Occludin and Claudin-1 (red) in intestinal villi, with nuclei stained by DAPI (blue). (B) IOD analyses of the expression levels of TJ proteins in each experimental group. Original magnification × 200. The data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 5), with data obtained from 10 randomly selected fields in immunofluorescence sections. *P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01 and ^***P < 0.001 vs NC group without PPs participation; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 and ^###P < 0.001 vs NC group with PPs participation; ^&P < 0.05, ^&&P < 0.01 and ^&&&P < 0.001 vs SAA_H-NPPs group at the same time point.