Mucosal healing progression after acute colitis in mice

Figure 5 Correlation matrix of analytical parameters involved in inflammation and repair at day 13. Color intensity represents the degree of association between the parameters as measured by Spearman’s correlations. Blue color indicates positive association and red color negative association. Lower triangular matrix corresponds to associations between histological re-epithelialization score and gene expression value of mucosal repairing factors. Statistically significant correlations are indicated with ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 ^cP < 0.001. (n = 8-12). ECM: Extracellular matrix; LBP: Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein; MPO: Myeloperoxidase activity.