CAP-18 gene expression in the tissue specimens from various organs of healthy rabbits, Shigella-infected rabbits and infected rabbits treated with PB or NaB.

Data are expressed as median with 25 and 75 percentiles in parentheses. Healthy control rabbits are without any treatment. One-way ANOVA on ranks was used in comparing data between different groups of rabbits. The differences are significant when Pasignificant when compared to healthy,bsignificant when compared to infected. SE: Surface epithelium, LP: Lamina propria, PB: Sodium 4-phenylbutyrate, NaB: Sodium butyrate.