Figure 1From: Role of tight junction proteins in gastroesophageal reflux disease Expression of Claudin-1 in the esophageal mucosa of patients with NERD and ERD. The upper panel presents data of RT-PCR analysis; the lower panel illustrates immunohistochemical scores. Data are shown as boxplots illustrating 25, 75 percentile, median and 5–95 range. Note that due to skewed data distribution Claudin-1 (ERD) is presented as line only. Significant differences compared to controls are marked by a star (#); further details are presented in Tables 4A, and B.Back to article page