Beyond Preconditioning: Postconditioning as an Alternative Technique in the Prevention of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Beyond Preconditioning: Postconditioning as an Alternative Technique in the Prevention of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Liver ischemia/reperfusion injury may significantly compromise hepatic postoperative function. Various hepatoprotective methods have been improvised, aiming at attenuating IR injury. With ischemic preconditioning (IPC), the liver is conditioned with a brief ischemic period followed by reperfusion, p...

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Main Authors: Kassiani Theodoraki, Iosifina Karmaniolou, Aliki Tympa, Marios-Konstantinos Tasoulis, Constantinos Nastos, Ioannis Vassiliou, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Vassilios Smyrniotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8235921

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8235921

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