Figure 5

Hydrocortisone intervention does not increase Foxp3⁺ cells within the colonic tissue of T. muris infected mice. Immunohistochemistry staining for intracellular Foxp3 was performed on colonic cryosections (n = 5 per group). (A) Representative micrographs are shown (x200 magnification). Positive cells stained brown (arrows). (B) An increase in Foxp3⁺ cells was detected in all infected groups (data represented as the mean ± SEM). No significant difference in Foxp3⁺ cell numbers was found after steroid treatment (p = 0.61). Data representative of one experiment.