Effect of intestinal lymphatic circulation blockage in two-hit rats

Table 2 Effect of mesenteric lymph duct ligation on NO₂^-/NO₃^-, NOS and iNOS in serum of two-hit rats (mean ± SD)

Group	n		NO2-/NO3- (mmol/L)		NOS (nkat/L)		iNOS (nkat/L)
	Pre-exp	Post-exp	Pre-exp	Post-exp	Pre-exp	Post-exp	Pre-exp	Post-exp
Sham	15	15	84.2 ± 48.4	79.4 ± 33.3	245 382 ± 132 026	219 544 ± 78 349	87 851 ± 43 842	71 681 ± 37 647
Non-ligation	15	8	88.6 ± 38.5	217.1 ± 48.1bd	251 550 ± 69 347	389 411 ± 90 851bd	91 685 ± 22 338	175 035 ± 45 009bd
Ligation	15	11	86.3 ± 41.7	159.9 ± 44.1bdf	265 053 ± 102 520	312 562 ± 129 193a	85 017 ± 42 842	109 355 ± 24 005f

^bP < 0.01 vs pre-exp;

^aP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs sham;

^fP < 0.01 vs non-ligation.