Effect of Leptospira infection on adherens junction proteins in endothelial cells detected by immunofluorescence microscopy.

(A) VE-cadherin, (B) p120 catenin, (C) alpha-catenin, and (D) beta-catenin in HMEC-1 and HDLEC are shown in green. The nuclei are stained in blue for all panels. Scale bars represent 50 μm. Quantified signal intensity of the host protein is indicated in the right-hand graphs (mean +/- SD, p-value is indicated below or inside the graph, the independent p-values shown as an asterisk or a double-dagger for Copenhageni are compared to uninfected and Patoc-infected cells).