Alcohol-associated intestinal dysbiosis impairs pulmonary host defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Fig 2
Binge-on-chronic alcohol feeding causes intestinal epithelial damage.
(A) Blood alcohol levels (mg/dl) of chronic alcohol fed mice following 10 days of diet and 6 hrs following the second binge alcohol administration. (B) Body weights of pair-fed and alcohol-fed mice at baseline and post binge-on-chronic alcohol feeding (10 days chronic + 2x binge). (C) Circulating levels of intestinal fatty acid binding protien (i-FABP) in alcohol- and pair-fed control mice. Bars are the mean ± SEM, *indicates P<0.05, by Mann-Whitney U. N = 10/group.