Figure 4.
Comparison of the serum concentrations of cytokines in patients receiving magnesium (■) or saline (□). (A) Th 1 cytokines; (B) Th 2 cytokines; (C) the ratio of Th 1 to Th 2 cytokines. The box plot shows medians and quartiles. Error bars represent the 90th and 10th percentiles. *p < 0.05 between the groups at the time point indicated; †p < 0.05 between the two groups over time. T1, before infusion of the study solution at 20 min before the start of the neohepatic phase. T2, 5 min after reperfusion. T3, 30 min after reperfusion. [from Ref. 37. Chung HS, Park CS, Hong SH, Lee S, Cho ML, Her YM, Sa GJ, Lee J, Choi JH. Effects of magnesium pretreatment on the levels of T helper cytokines and on the severity of reperfusion syndrome in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation. Magnes Res 2013; 26: 46-55.]