Immunofluorescence staining of the tight junction proteins in the colon (left part, 30× magnification). The tight junction proteins (Claudin-1, occludin and ZO-1) were stained green whereas the 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) was blue. The histograms (right) show the mean density of the normalized levels of occludin and ZO-1. IOD, integrated optical density.