Figure 7

IL-6 (a), IL-17 (b), TNF-α (c) in the mice lungs through ELISA. (d) The colony numbers of P. aeruginosa PAO1 from lung homogenate on the Luria–Bertani (LB) plates. (e) The pathological characteristics of the mice were analyzed via the H&E staining (n = 5). The control (PBS) group indicates that the healthy mice in the group did not receive any bacterial infection or treatment.