Table 2. Dexmedetomidine alleviated LPS-induced downregulation of antioxidant genes in the lung of rats.

Item	Cont	LPS	Dex
NQO1	1.00 ± 0.09a	0.79 ± 0.08b	0.88 ± 0.11ab
NQO2	1.00 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.13	1.11 ± 0.17
CAT	1.00 ± 0.13	0.94 ± 0.12	0.86 ± 0.13
GPX1	1.00 ± 0.09a	0.75 ± 0.08b	0.84 ± 0.07b
GPX2	1.00 ± 0.09a	0.85 ± 0.09b	0.93 ± 0.11ab
SOD1	1.00 ± 0.12a	0.72 ± 0.08b	0.94 ± 0.16a
SOD2	1.00± 0.11	1.27 ± 0.16	0.95 ± 0.08

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. The values having different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).