Figure 3
From: Axl alleviates DSS-induced colitis by preventing dysbiosis of gut microbiota
Axl−/− mice showed an abnormal expansion of Proteobacteria. (a) Isolation of genomic DNA from feces containing gut microbiota of WT and Axl−/− mice and quantification of bacterial 16S rDNA were described in “Materials and methods”. The bacterial load was assessed by copy numbers of the 16S rDNA gene per milligram of feces. (b) The relative numbers of bacteria in each phylum were determined with phylum-specific PCR primer pairs. (c) The bacterial load in control and DSS-induced colitis mice. (d) The relative numbers of bacteria in control and DSS-induced colitis mice. Data are shown as mean ± SEM. Significance (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001) was compared with WT or control mice and calculated by the Student's T-test.
