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Fig. 2 | BMC Pediatrics

Fig. 2

From: Bifidobacterium adolescentis protects against necrotizing enterocolitis and upregulates TOLLIP and SIGIRR in premature neonatal rats

Fig. 2

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) histological score of ileum in each group. Histological scoring of the terminal ileum of premature newborn rats in dam-fed (DF), formula-fed (FF), and formula + Bifidobacterium adolescentis (FB) groups (DF, n = 14; FF, n = 9; FB, n = 13). NEC-like intestinal damage was defined as scores  ≥  2. *indicates P  <  0.05

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