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Mesenteric ischemia-reperfusion injury: Clearly improved hemodynamics but only minor protection of the rat small intestine by (sub)therapeutic heparin sodium and enoxaparin doses
Tissue protection against ischemia (I)/reperfusion (R) injury by heparins can be due to their anticoagulant and/or non-anticoagulant properties. Here we studied the protective potential of the anticoagulant and the non-anticoagulant features of heparin sodium (HepSo) and enoxaparin (Enox) against mesenteric I/R injury in a rat model.Hydrogen-Rich Saline Protects Against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats
Recently it has been demonstrated that hydrogen, as a novel antioxidant, can selectively reduce hydroxyl radicals (·OH) and peroxynitrite anion (ONOO-) in vitro and exert therapeutic antioxidant activity in many diseases. This study was designed to investigate the effect of hydrogen-rich saline on renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats.A Clinically Applicable Porcine Model of Septic and Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Shock and Multiple Organ Injury
Although many sepsis treatments have shown efficacy in acute animal models, at present only activated protein C is effective in humans. The likely reason for this discrepancy is that most of the animal models used for preclinical testing do not accurately replicate the complex pathogenesis of human sepsis. Our objective in this study was to develop a clinically applicable model of severe sepsis and gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) that would cause multiple organ injury over a period of 48 h.Triptolide Alleviates Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Attenuating Oxidative Stress and Inhibiting NF-κB Activity in Mice
Hepatic I/R injury is unavoidable in liver transplantation and surgery. This remains a significant problem in surgical procedures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of triptolide on liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and related mechanisms in mice.Brain Natriuretic Peptide is Not Reno-Protective during Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Rat
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 30% of patients undergoing complex cardiovascular surgery, and renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is often a contributing factor. A recent meta-analysis observed that perioperative natriuretic peptide administration was associated with a reduction in AKI requiring dialysis in cardiovascular surgery patients. This study was designed to further clarify the potential reno-protective effect of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) using an established rat model of renal I/R injury.Cytoprotective Effects of Human Interleukin-10 Gene Transfer Against Necrosis and Apoptosis Induced by Hepatic Cold Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Apoptosis as well as necrosis may play an important role in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Interleukin 10 (IL-10), a Th2 type cytokine, modulates inflammatory responses by inhibiting the production of proinflammatory cytokines. The study focused on cytoprotective and antiapoptotic pathways to assess mechanisms by which gene transduction of human IL-10 (hIL-10) may renders grafts resistant to the cold I/R injury.
