Table 5.
Effects of L. plantarum CCFM8610 on cadmium-induced histopathological alterations in the kidney of micea
| Group | Score for the indicated symptom |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Loss of intact tubules and glomeruli | Dilation in the glomeruli | Tubular necrosis | |
| Control (T) | − | − | − |
| Cd only (T) | + | + | − |
| Cd + living 8610 (T) | − | + | − |
| Cd + dead 8610 (T) | − | + | − |
| Control (P) | − | − | − |
| Cd only (P) | + | + | − |
| Cd + living 8610 (P) | − | + | − |
| Cd + dead 8610 (P) | − | + | − |
a
The histopathological analysis was done with 10 mice in each group, except for 11 in the Cd-only (T) group, 12 in the Cd-only (P) group, and 9 in the Cd + dead 8610 (P) group. T, therapy group; P, prevention groups; 8610, L. plantarum CCFM8610; −, no change was observed in the samples of all the animals of the studied group; +, changes were rarely observed in the samples of all the animals of the studied group (average, 1 to 2 changes per vision field).