Figure 1.

(A) Schematic illustration of burn and treatment approaches and end point procedures. Sham burn group consisted of three rats each postoperative days (POD), and burn + water and burn + cerium nitrate (CN) consisted of nine rats each POD. (B) Implementation of rat bathing system. A plastic square weigh boat (12.5 × 12.5 × 2 cm) was used as the basin for delivering the CN treatment (i.e., bathing) to the test animals. The prewarmed bathing solution was kept at 37°C with the heating block set at 40°C.