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Hepatic levels of some parameters involved in oxidative damage in the three experimental groups. |
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| Control group (CO, n = 10) |
Untreated cirrhotic rats (CI, n = 10) |
Cirrhotic rats treated with IGF-I (CI+IGF, n = 10) |
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| Fe (μg/mg protein) |
2.74 ± 0.19 |
12.87 ± 1.90** |
6.80 ± 1.10& |
| Cu (μg/mg protein) |
160 ± 5 |
1626 ± 678*** |
500 ± 258& |
| Ferritin (ng/mg prot) |
32.60 ± 3.80 |
97.60 ± 12** |
67.70 ± 11.30& |
| Transferrin (μg/mg protein) |
8.46 ± 1.05 |
10.96 ± 0.98** |
8.36 ± 0.36& |
| MPO(ng/mg protein) |
1.02 ± 0.02 |
1.25 ± 0.04** |
1.06 ± 0.07& |
| iNOS (AU) |
1.20 ± 0.64 |
5.53 ± 0.54*** |
2.88 ± 0.68& |
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&p < 0.05 between CI and CI+IGF groups; **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 CI vs CO groups; AU = arbitrary units | |||
García-Fernández et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2005 5:7 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-5-7 |
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