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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014, Article ID 621827, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/621827
Research Article

Preventive Effects of Dexmedetomidine on the Liver in a Rat Model of Acid-Induced Acute Lung Injury

Velat Şen,1 Abdulmenap Güzel,2 Hadice Selimoğlu Şen,3 Aydın Ece,1 Ünal Uluca,1 Sevda Söker,4 Erdal Doğan,2 İbrahim Kaplan,5 and Engin Deveci4

1Department of Pediatrics, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey
2Department of Anesthesiology, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey
3Department of Pulmonology, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey
4Department of Histology and Embryology, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey
5Department of Biochemistry, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Received 9 April 2014; Revised 8 July 2014; Accepted 17 July 2014; Published 6 August 2014

Academic Editor: Boris Jung

Copyright © 2014 Velat Şen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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