Therapeutic effects of four strains of probiotics on experimental colitis in mice

Table 1 PCR primers and products

		Primer	Product (bp)
IL-1β	Sense:	5'-AGCCCATCCTCTGTGACTCATG-3'	422
	Antisense:	5'-GCTGATGTACCAGTTGGGGAAC-3'
IL-4	Sense:	5'-ACTTCAGTGGCTGGATTTAT-3'	424
	Antisense:	5' ATTCCCTGAAAGGCTTGGTC-3'
β-actin	Sense:	5' ATGGATGACGATATCGCT-3'	569
	Antisense:	5'-ATGAGGTAGTCTGTCAGGT-3'

Table 2 Concentrations of IL-1β and IL-4 used in ELISA analysis (mean ± SD)

Groups	Number	IL-1β (pg/mg.protein)	IL-4 (pg/mg.protein)
Norml	10	84.64 ± 7.02	205.81 ± 14.83
Model	10	166.93 ± 13.69a	119.33 ± 10.86a
NS	10	147.36 ± 12.61a	124.37 ± 9.85a
SASP	10	125.1 ± 12.04ac	147.02 ± 12.02ac
DSS + L. acidophilus	10	109.43 ± 11.98ace	177.81 ± 10.29ace
DSS + C. butyricum	10	121.25 ± 12.42ace	150.76 ± 9.98ac
DSS + B. adolescentis	10	120.27 ± 10.90ac	173.69 ± 11.98ace
DSS + E. faecalis	10	105.25 ± 7.79ace	184.85 ± 11.51ce

^aP < 0.05 vs normal group;

^cP < 0.05 vs model group;

^eP < 0.05 vs SASP group.