Table 2. Enzyme activities in the liver and muscle tissues at 6 and 24 h after repeated blast exposures.
Tissue | Enzyme | Sham | 6 h post-blast | 24 h post-blast |
Liver | AST (Units/mg protein) | 4.70±1.29 | 1.28±0.70* | 2.68±0.97* |
Liver | ALT (Units/mg protein) | 7.41±3.27 | 0.89±0.65* | 3.47±1.02* |
Liver | LDH (Units/mg protein) | 38.01±18.62 | 0.56±0.43* | 12.59±3.87* |
Muscle | CK (Units/µg protein) | 101.03±16.62 | 50.55±18.99* | 71.48±12.57* |
Mean ± SEM values at each time points are compared to those of sham. AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CK, creatine kinase. Statistical analysis was carried out by ANOVA test (n = 7).
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