The Effect of Butyrate-Supplemented Parenteral Nutrition on Intestinal Defence Mechanisms and the Parenteral Nutrition-Induced Shift in the Gut Microbiota in the Rat Model

Figure 5

The effect of butyrate on the distribution of T-cell subpopulations in mesenteric lymph nodes. (a) Total CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte numbers; (b) Tregs subpopulation. Results are presented using Tukey box-and-whisker plots as quartiles (25%, median, and 75%). p<0.01 PN versus control; ^††p<0.05 PN+But versus control; ^##p<0.01 PN+But versus PN.

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