Wan-Xing Zhang,Li-Fang Zhou,Lei Zhang,Lei Bao,Chun-ChengWang,Hui-Yan Meng and WenYin Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,and Department of Pharmacy,Hebei Provincial General Hospital,Shijiazhuang 050051,China
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury is a common phenomenon in hepatic surgical procedures and can result in further severe damage.This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of glutamine preconditioning on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats and its dose-dependency. METHODS:Thirty-two healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups(n=8 per group).One group received 0.9%NaCl(control)and the other three received glutamine(Gln groups)4 hours before ischemia.The Gln...