Figure 3.
Abdominal surgery triggers a local inflammatory response in the liver. No surgery as control (n = 4), explorative laparotomy (n = 4), or subtotal pancreatectomy (n = 8) was performed with SCID beige mice and mice were sacrificed 48 hours after surgery to determine inflammatory cytokines in liver tissue homogenisates by LEGENDplexTM multiplex analysis. Detected cytokine concentrations were normalized to protein levels of corresponding samples. Data represent the mean ± SEM of 4 or 8 animals/group; * = p < 0.05.