Figure 1

Exogenous pathogenic bacteria exacerbated ConA-induced liver injury.
Mice received gavage with Streptococcus or Salmonella (5 × 108 CFU/g) followed by injection of ConA (10 mg/kg) and sacrificed 12 h later (n = 8). (a) ALT and AST levels. (b) Hepatic H&E sections and representative images, Left: 40× magnification, right: 200× magnification. (c) Systemic endotoxin concentrations. Data presented are the means ± SD. *p< 0.05, **p< 0.01, one-way ANOVA.