Study of the roles of caspase-3 and nuclear factor kappa B in myenteric neurons in a P2X7 receptor knockout mouse model of ulcerative colitis

Figure 8 Neuronal, nuclear, and cytoplasmic profile areas of calretinin-ir neurons in the myenteric plexus of the distal colon in mice from the wild-type sham 24 h and 4 d, wild-type colitis 24 h and 4 d, knockout sham 24 h and 4 d, and knockout colitis 24 h and 4 d groups. A: Neuronal; B: Nuclear; C: Cytoplasmic. The data are presented as the arithmetic mean ± SE. ^aP < 0.05 vs sham groups; ^bP < 0.01 vs sham groups; ^cP < 0.001 vs sham groups; NS: Not significant. WT: Wild-type; KO: Knockout.