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Fig. 5 | Gut Pathogens

Fig. 5

From: Immune responses upon Campylobacter jejuni infection of secondary abiotic mice lacking nucleotide-oligomerization-domain-2

Fig. 5

Colonic expression of cytokines belonging to the IL-23/IL-22/IL-18 axis in C. jejuni infected secondary abiotic Nod2−/− mice. Secondary abiotic wildtype (WT; white circles) and Nod2−/− mice (black circles) were generated by broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment and perorally infected with C. jejuni strain 81-176 by gavage at day (d) 0 and d1. a IL-23p19, b IL-22 and c IL-18 mRNA levels were determined in colonic ex vivo biopsies at day 7 postinfection by Real Time PCR and expressed in Arbitrary Units (fold expression). Naive (N) secondary abiotic mice served as uninfected controls. Medians (black bars), level of significance (p-value) determined by Mann–Whitney U test and numbers of analyzed animals (in parentheses) are indicated. Data were pooled from four independent experiments

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