Journal: Frontiers in Nutrition
Article Title: Enhancement of intestinal barrier function and alleviation of mycophenolic acid toxicity by a probiotic-conditioned medium in vitro
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1809197
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of probiotic-conditioned (PP), Mycophenolic acid (MPA), and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on the expression of tight junction proteins. The immunoblots show the expression levels of ZO-1 (A,B) and claudin-5 (C,D) proteins in lysates of differentiated CaCo-2 cells that were exposed for 6 h to MMF or MPA (both at a concentration of 50 μM) or their vehicle, either in normal cell culture medium or PP. The bar graph shows the mean and standard deviation (SD) of the values of densitometric analysis (arbitrary unit) obtained in four experiments; symbols indicate statistical significance student’s t -test (two-group of data) analysis: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.005 compared to untreated cells (CTRL), # p < 0.005 compared to MMF.
Article Snippet: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and mycophenolic acid (MPA), produced by the Cayman Chemical Company (Ann Arbor, MI, United States), were obtained from Cabru S.A.S. (Arcore, Milan, Italy).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Concentration Assay, Cell Culture, Standard Deviation