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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jul 26;136(4):1067–1075. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.06.026

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Intragraft mRNA levels of inflammatory mediators. mRNA for the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α, the stress-induced molecules iNOS and COX-2 and the adhesion molecule ICAM-1 were rapidly upregulated within 2 hours after reperfusion in control animals. 5% CO-UW significantly reduced expression of these inflammation-related molecules. (* p<0.05 vs. control UW group)