Ameliorative Effect of Thymoquinone-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles on Chronic Lung Injury Induced by Repetitive Intratracheal Instillation of Lipopolysaccharide in Rats

Figure 2

The gross pictures from control rats showing normal morphology of pulmonary tissues, TQ-PLGA NP group showing mild apical hepatized area (arrow), LPS-challenged rats showing consolidations as a depressed area and in small-size lobules (arrows), and LPS + TQ-PLGA NPs showing restoration of the normal size of the lobules with still small red foci (arrows).