Spirulina protects against LPS induced decrease in cell proliferation.

<p>(<b>A</b>) Results of the Stereological counts of the number of BrdU⁺ cells demonstrated that spirulina was able completely block the LPS induced decline in inflammation. *** p = 0.0049 (NIH-31 vs. NIH-31+LPS). ††† P = 0.0090 (NIH-31+LPS vs. spirulina+LPS). (<b>B</b>) Shows the representative BrdU staining in the rats without LPS. (<b>C</b>) After LPS in the rats fed the control diet there are fewer BrdU⁺ cells. (<b>D</b>) In the spirulina fed rat LPS did not cause a decrease in proliferation. (All photomicrographs taken at 10× magnification).