Figure 3: Inflammatory protein profile within rat colons in response to intrarectal inoculation of predatory bacteria. | Scientific Reports

Figure 3: Inflammatory protein profile within rat colons in response to intrarectal inoculation of predatory bacteria.

From: Effect of predatory bacteria on the gut bacterial microbiota in rats

Figure 3

ELISA analysis of IL-1β, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, IL-13, CXCL-1/KC, IFNγ, and TNF in response to intrarectal inoculation of predatory bacteria relative to PBS control. B. bacteriovorus (109J), M. aeruginosavorus ARL-13 (MICA) or K. pneumoniae (Kp) as a control were introduced into the colons of SD rats via intrarectal inoculation. Inflammatory proteins were assessed within the colon at 1, 24, 48 hours and 7 days post-inoculation. Sixteen rats per treatment group (eight for K. pneumoniae) were used at each time point. Data is combined from two independent experiments. Data represent mean ± standard error of the mean.

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