Juvenile ferric iron prevents microbiota dysbiosis and colitis in adult rodents

Figure 2 Effect of a 6 wk juvenile ferric iron administration (75 and 150 mg/kg per day po) on the inflammatory response at adulthood to a trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis in mice. A: Macroscopic damage scores in non-inflamed (sham-colitis) and inflamed trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) mice; B: Colonic myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in non-inflamed (sham-colitis) and inflamed (TNBS) mice. Data are expressed as mean ± SE (n = 8 per group). ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs TNBS-treated group, ^dP < 0.01 vs Sham-colitis.