Research Article

Aloperine Protects Mice against DSS-Induced Colitis by PP2A-Mediated PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Suppression

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Aloperine inhibits inflammatory cell infiltration in the colon in DSS-induced colitis mouse model. (a) Histological analysis of the severity of three colon sections in mice. Left panel: the proximal, middle, and distal colons were examined using hematoxylin & eosin (H&E) staining (magnification: 20x, scale bar: 50 μm). Right panel: the histological scores were graded and presented as the mean ± SEM of 14 mice analyzed per group. (b) Western blotting analysis of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and p-IKBα expression in each group. (c) Immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis of MPO expression in each group (magnification: 40x). (d) Serum (right) and colonic (left) MPO activity indices in each group. The data are presented as the mean ± SEM of six mice analyzed per group (b, c, and d). .
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