Protective Effect of Citrulline on the Hearts of Rats with Sepsis Induced by Cecal Ligation and Puncture

Figure 1

Pathology of rat heart tissues. (a) The striated myocardial fibers of rats in the normal groups exhibited clear structures. The nuclei of the muscle fibers were ovoid and were located in the center of the cell. (b) The myocardial fibers of rats in the CLP 24 h group were infiltrated by inflammatory cells, as indicated by the arrow. (c) In the rats of the CLP+Cit 24h group, inflammatory cell infiltration around the myocardial fibers was milder than that in the rats of the CLP 24h group. There was little change in the size of the cardiac myocytes, and exudation was visible around the myocardial cells.

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