Research Article

Comparison of Inflation and Ventilation with Hydrogen Sulfide during the Warm Ischemia Phase on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Model of Non-Heart-Beating Donor Lung Transplantation

Figure 5

Expression of caspase-3 by immunohistochemistry (original magnification, 40x). The positive cell was represented as brown granules in the cytoplasm (as arrows showed). The sham group (a) showed almost no positive cells, while the control group (b) showed numerous positive cells. However, H2S treatment decreased the positive cells, and fewer were found in the FS group (c) compared with the VS group (d). (e) IHS of caspase-3 (). Data were showed as . IHS: immunohistochemical score; FS: H2S inflation; VS: H2S ventilation. vs. sham group; # vs. control group; vs. FS group.
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