Table 2.

Effects of DEX concentration on glucose consumption and stability of hepatocytes

Group		IR	IR-24 h	Concentration of DEX (ng/ml)
				10	100	1000
Consumption of glucose (mmol/L)	HepG2	0.91 ± 0.06	0.93 ± 0.16	1.10 ± 0.02*	1.29 ± 0.13*	1.32 ± 0.13*
	LO2	2.79 ± 0.31	2.76 ± 0.20	3.52 ± 0.15*	3.65 ± 0.17*	3.98 ± 0.18*

Data are shown as mean ± SD. *P < 0.05 vs. IR group