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Figure 3

From: Intravenous glutamine decreases lung and distal organ injury in an experimental model of abdominal sepsis

Figure 3

Electron microscopy of lung parenchyma. Type II pneumocyte was well preserved with integrity of lamellar bodies and typical microvilli projecting from its surface in C-SAL, C-Gln and CLP-Gln groups. Neutrophils (N); type III collagen fibres (CIII); type II pneumocytes (PII); surfactant molecule (S); endothelial cell (E); fibroblast (F). *Degeneration of lamellar bodies. Note the damage in microvilli of type II pneumocyte in CLP-SAL group (arrow). Photomicrographs are representative of data obtained from lung section derived from five animals. C = control; CLP = cecal ligation and puncture; Gln = glutamine; SAL = saline.

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