Obesity Enhances Antioxidant Capacity and Reduces Cytokine Levels of the Spleen in Mice to Resist Splenic Injury Challenged by Escherichia coli

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Changes of spleen weight and spleen index after infection with E. coli: (a) spleen weight, (b) spleen weight (infected/uninfected), (c) spleen index, and (d) spleen index (infected/uninfected). Values are expressed as ( mice per group). Asterisks indicate significant difference between N-E. coli and N-PBS, as well as DIO-E. coli and DIO-PBS (). Octothorps indicate significant difference between DIO-PBS and N-PBS, as well as DIO-E. coli and N-E. coli ().

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