Using vimentin, a characteristic intermediate filament of mesenchymal cells like ICC/FLC, we show here that the density of vimentin-positive cells decrease significantly in the myenteric plexus of TNBS-induced ileitis (Figure 1l) compared to control preparations (Figure 1k); the bar chart does not show data regarding the corrected total cryosection fluorescence (CTCF) staining of vimentin in control and TNBS-treated rats because only two animals per group were analyzed. This evidence concerns the gene VIM and Crohn ileitis.