Figure 3From: Intravenous glutamine decreases lung and distal organ injury in an experimental model of abdominal sepsisElectron 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.Back to article page