Monocolonization of Germ-Free Mice with Bacteroides fragilis Protects against Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Acute Colitis

Table 3

Effect of DSS on haematological characteristics of GF and BF mice.

	GF-WA	BF-WA	GF-DSS	BF-DSS
Leukocytes (10^3 cells/𝜇L)	7.0±1.04	7.1±1.02	10.8±1.73^#	6.8±0.61^∗
Neutrophils	0.7±0.11	0.7±0.26	1.0±0.14^#	0.8±0.17
Lymphocyte	5.5±1.31	4.3±1.2	8.9±1.6^#	4.8±0.17^∗
Monocyte	0.08±0.03	0.05±0.02	0.19±0.05^#	0.06±0.01^∗
Erythrocytes (10^6 cells/𝜇L)	10.1±0.44	10.2±0.46	6.2±1.40^#	8.9±0.83^∗
Haemoglobin level (g/dL)	14.4±0.34	14.3±0.73	8.4±1.89^#	12.9±1.24^∗
Haematocrit value (%)	48.8±2.13	49.0±2.50	30.3±4.80^#	41.2±3.86^∗
Platelet count (/𝜇L)	1394.6±170.93	1632.6±153.32	1393.7±315.47	1554.9±302.49

^#𝑃<0.05 compared with GF-WA; ^∗𝑃<0.05 compared with GF-DSS.