Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell therapy regulates gut microbiota to improve post-stroke neurological function recovery in rats

Figure 4 Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells modulate the composition of gut microbiota. A: Taxonomic composition at the phylum level; B: Taxonomic composition at the genus level; C and D: Significantly different abundances at the species level between middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells groups; E: Comparison of the abundance of potential short-chain fatty acid-producing species in the MCAO and BH groups; F: Relative abundances of Lactobacillus at the genus level between the MCAO and BH groups (^aP < 0.05). The data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 10). BMSCs: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; MCAO: Middle cerebral artery occlusion.