Figure 5

0.025%, 0.05% and 0.1% DHM inhibited LPS-induced ileum apoptosis. Changes of bcl-2 (A), bax (B) and caspase-3 (C) mRNA expression levels in ileum after 60 mg/kg LPS exposure for 12 h followed by 14 days of 0.025%, 0.05% and 0.1% DHM treatment. Original blots for bcl-2, bax, caspase-3 and GAPDH (D). Changes of bcl-2 (E), bax (F) and caspase-3 (G) protein expression levels in the ileum after 60 mg/kg LPS exposure for 12 h followed by 14 days of 0.025%, 0.05% and 0.1% DHM treatment. Values are expressed as the mean ± SD for each group (n = 5). *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 represented all groups compared with the control group. ^#p < 0.05 and ^##p < 0.01 represented all groups compared with the LPS group.