Research Article

TNF-α Enhances the Therapeutic Effects of MenSC-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles on Inflammatory Bowel Disease through Macrophage Polarization by miR-24-3p

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MenSCs-sEVTNF-α reduces the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and promotes the maintenance of intestinal integrity in IBD mice. (a) The levels of cytokines in the mouse colon were detected by ELISA (). (b) Mice were gavaged with FITC-dextran (0.6 mg/g body weight) under fasted conditions and FITC fluorescence intensity in serum was detected 4 hours later (). (c) IHC was used to obtain optical images of the distribution and content of tight junction proteins ZO-1, ZO-2, and occludin. Original magnification, ×400. ImageJ was used to quantify the tight junction proteins content in immunohistochemical images.
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