Figure 4.

Ischemic preconditioning decreases lung pathological changes after small-for-size liver transplantation. Lungs were harvested 38 h after liver transplantation. Representative images of H&E-stained lung sections are shown in (A-C). In (D), relative alveolar septal thicknesses compared to Sham controls are shown. Sham, lungs from sham-operated rats; FSG, lungs from full-size graft recipients; QSG, lungs from quarter-size graft recipients; QSG + IP, lungs from ischemic-preconditioned quarter-size graft recipients. Values are means ± SEM. Group sizes were 4 per group, a, P<0.05 vs sham operation; b, P<0.05 vs FSG; c, P<0.05 vs QSG.