Fig. 5.
Isoflurane protects against renal ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) mediated hepatic and intestinal pro-inflammatory messenger RNA (mRNA) upregulation. Mice were subjected to renal IRI followed by exposure to 4 h of pentobarbital (open bars) or 1.2% isoflurane (closed bars). Liver and small intestine tissues were collected 24 h after renal IRI. Densitometric quantifications of band intensities relative to GAPDH from RT-PCR reactions. N = 4 per group. * P less than 0.05 versus. appropriate pentobarbital group. Data presented as mean ± SEM.