Research Article

Superoxide Dismutase Mimic, MnTE-2-PyP Enhances Rectal Anastomotic Strength in Rats after Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy

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Effect of CRT and MnTE-2-PyP on the MMP expression during anastomotic healing. (a) Indicated MMP mRNA expression was measured by quantitative real-time PCR from colon segments obtained during relaparotomy. (b) MMP-2 levels of experimental groups measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). (c) MMP-9 levels of experimental groups measured by ELISA. (a) Unpaired Student’s -test, (b, c) one-way ANOVA. Results are presented as . , .
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