Research Article

Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Orthotopic Liver Transplantation-Induced Acute Gut Injury via α2-Adrenergic Receptor-Dependent Suppression of Oxidative Stress

Table 2

Rat body weights and times of the warm ischemia phase.

GroupWeight (g)Time of warm ischemia (min)

S
M
D1
D2
B1
B2
B3

Data are represented as the , for each group. S: sham-operated group; M: the model group with OLT; D1: rats that were pretreated with 10 μg/kg before OLT; D2: rats that were pretreated with 50 μg/kg before OLT; B1: rats that received 500 g/kg atipamezole at 40 min before receiving 50 μg/kg Dex prior to OLT; B2: rats that received 50 g/kg ARC239 at 40 min before receiving 50 μg/kg Dex prior to OLT; B3: rats that received 1.5 mg/kg BRL-44408 at 40 min before receiving 50 μg/kg Dex prior to OLT.