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Purpose: To investigate the protective effect of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) against cold ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) associated with small bowel transplantation (SBT).
Methods: Male Lewis rats weighing 200-300 g were used for this study. The rats were assigned to three groups: control, ischemic preconditioning (IPC), or remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC). Heterotopic SBT was thereafter performed. The recipient rats were killed 3, 6, 12 and 24 h after transplantation. Specimens from the intestine were histologically scored according to a grading system (Park et al.). Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspirate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were examined and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) were analyzed by ELISA where HO-1 served as an indicator of protection against IRI.
Results: The values of tissue injury were significantly lower in the IPC and RIPC groups than in control group at 3 h after SBT. The serum LDH, AST and ALT levels also significantly decreased in the IPC and RIPC groups at 3 h after SBT, but these protective effects against cold IRI diminished by 12 and 24 h after SBT. The serum HO-1 level significantly increased in the IPC and RIPC groups 3 h after SBT.
Conclusion: Both IPC and RIPC were found to ameliorate ischemia-reperfusion injury after rat SBT in the early phase. HO-1 may therefore play a protective role against cold IRI.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil
September 2025
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, The Affiliated Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address:
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September 2025
Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Department of Surgery (A), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Methods: In strict adherence to the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic literature search was performed for studies comparing the postoperative effect RIPC in colorectal surgery.
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National Aplysia Resource. Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Key Biscayne, FL, USA.
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School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
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