Fig. 4

Fourteen days of calorie restriction decreased the bacterial antigen load and systemic inflammatory marker in mice. a Serum LBP. n = 10 for the NC group and n = 6 for the CR group. b Serum TNF-α. n = 10 for both groups. Data are shown as the mean ± s.e.m. Unpaired t test (two-tailed) was used to analyse variation between the NC and CR groups. *P < 0.05 and ***P < 0.001