Fig. 3.

Effect on goblet cells numbers in the ileal and colonic mucosa following intratracheal LPS administration. Goblet cells were significantly increased in the ileum at 24 h following LPS administration compared to vehicle control (A). LPS had no effect on goblet cell in the colon (B). Representative photomicrographs of deconvoluted Alcian Blue staining in the ileum at 24 h following vehicle control (C) and LPS (D) administration. Scale bar = 25 µm. Data were analysed by unpaired t-test with Welch's correction. Data presented as mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 significantly different to vehicle control, n = 3–5 for ileum and colon data.