Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: Chewable tablets containing rape bee pollen and maca attenuate testosterone propionate–induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in Sprague–Dawley rats by regulating the gut microbiota and modulating the IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1547724
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) H&E staining scale bar = 200 μm. Scale bar = 50 μm. (B) Quantification of epithelial thickness. (C–E) Serum IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β levels in rats determined using ELISA. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. ## p < 0.01 vs. rats that did not receive TP injection; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 vs. rats injected with TP. Low, middle, and high in the figure represent the low, middle, and high chewable tablets groups, respectively.
Article Snippet: Three types of pro-inflammatory cytokines, i.e., IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, were measured in serum supernatant using the rat ELISA Commercial Kit (MultiSciences Lianke Biotech, Hangzhou, China) according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
Techniques: Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Standard Deviation, Injection