Role of COX-2 in microcirculatory disturbance in experimental pancreatitis

Figure 1 Time course of COX-2 gene expression in pancreas. After induction by caerulein, the expression of COX-2 mRNA in AEP was increased, which peaked at the 8th h and remained at a high level.

Figure 2 Microvascular permeability index (PI) in the pancreas and lungs in AEP and control group. The figures indicate the increase of PI in the lungs is higher than that in the pancreas ^aP < 0.05 vs control; ^bP < 0.001 vs control; ^dP < 0.01 vs control.