Fig. 2: L. plantarum administration ameliorates inflammation in NAFLD.
From: Lactobacillus plantarum ameliorates NASH-related inflammation by upregulating l-arginine production
a Gross specimens of livers from the indicated groups. Scale bar, 1 cm. b Representative photomicrographs of liver sections stained with H&E and immunohistochemistry images of paraffin-embedded sections stained with F4/80, MPO, and Sirius red. Scale bar, 50 μm. c Quantification of the stained areas of b. d NAS scores. e Serum biochemical results. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001 compared with the vehicle-treated CD-HFD mice, using ANOVA and the post hoc Tukey test. CD-HFD choline-deficient high-fat diet, MPO myeloperoxidase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TCHO total cholesterol, TG triglyceride.
