Effects of Tert-Butylhydroquinone on Intestinal Inflammatory Response and Apoptosis following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

Figure 4

TUNEL immunohistochemistry staining in the intestinal tissue in sham + vehicle group, TBI + vehicle group, and TBI + tBHQ group (𝑛=6). (a) sham + vehicle group mice showing few TUNEL positive cells (stained brown); (b) TBI + vehicle group mice showing more TUNEL positive cells; (c) TBI + tBHQ group mice showing less TUNEL positive cells than TBI + vehicle group; (d) tBHQ treatment significantly decreased the apoptotic index in the intestinal tissue following TBI. ^∗∗𝑃<.01 versus sham + vehicle group; ^##𝑃<.01 versus TBI + vehicle group.

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