Christian F. Krieglstein, Wolfgang H. Cerwinka, Andrew G. Sprague, F. Stephen Laroux, Matthew B. Grisham, Victor E. Koteliansky, Norbert Senninger, D. Neil Granger, Antonin R. de Fougerolles
α1-deficient mice showed decreased leukocyte infiltration and were protected from DSS-associated mucosal injury. Shown are representative photomicrographs at ×100 magnification of colonic cross sections after hematoxylin and eosin staining from WT (a) or α1-deficient mice (b) treated for 7 days with DSS. Bar represents 100 μm.