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From: Involvement of mucosal flora and enterochromaffin cells of the caecum and descending colon in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

Fig. 3

Immunofluorescence analysis of EC cells in the IBS-D patients and HCs. a Representative image of EC cells (green) in the descending colon of the HCs, 200×. b Representative image of EC cells (green) in the caecum of the HCs, 200×. c Representative image of EC cells (green) in the descending colon of the IBS-D patients, 200×. d Representative image of EC cells (green) in the caecum of the IBS-D patients, 200×. e The number of EC cells in the descending colon and caecum in the HCs and IBS-D patients and the number of EC cells of the caecum in IBS-D patients was more than that in HCs. The data are presented as mean ± SD. (D-HC refers to the descending colon in HCs, D-IBS-D refers to the descending colon in IBS-D patients, C-HC refers to the caecum in HCs, C-IBS-D refers to the caecum in IBS-D patients). * P < 0.05

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