Sodium Butyrate Alleviates Intestinal Inflammation in Mice with Necrotizing Enterocolitis

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(a) Visual morphological observation of intestinal tissue from newborn mice in the three groups. (b–g) Histopathological observation of the terminal ilea in the three groups; images of HE staining observed by microscopy; (b, c) control group; (d, e) NEC group; (f, g) NEC+butyrate group. Magnification: 40x and 100x; scale  μm. (h) The intestinal histopathological injury scores in the three groups. Number of samples: control (), NEC (), and NEC+butyrate (). Statistical analysis: Kruskal-Wallis test. ; .

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