Carbon liberated from CO-releasing molecules attenuates leukocyte infiltration in the small intestine of thermally injured mice

Table 1 Histological scoring system for ileum and jejunum sections stained with hematoxylin/eosin

	Granulocyte infiltration			Hydropic degeneration
	0	1	2	0	1	2
Ileum	No	Moderate	Intense	No	Moderate	Intense
Jejunum	No	Moderate	Intense	No	Moderate	Intense

Table 2 Histological scoring (score in Table 1) of ileum and jejunum tissue stained with hematoxylin/eosin 24 h after thermal injury

	Granulocyte infiltration			Hydropic degeneration
	Sham	Burn	Burn + CORM	Sham	Burn	Burn + CORM
Ileum	0.60 ± 0.1	1.92 ± 0.4a	0.88 ± 0.2c	0	1.8 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.1
Jejunum	0.54 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.2a	0.64 ± 0.2c	0	1.6 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.2

0, no injury; 1, moderate injury; 2, severe injury. Values are presented as mean ± SEM.

^aP < 0.05 vs sham group;

^cP < 0.05 vs burn group.