Ischemic preconditioning protects liver from hepatectomy under hepatic inflow occlusion for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cirrhosis

Figure 1 Comparison of Caspase-3 activity and SEC apoptosis between control group and IPC group ^aP = 0. 047, vs control, ^cP = 0.002, vs control, (t test) (casapse-3 activity unit: nmol AMC·h^-1·mg^-1 (tissue)) hpf: high power field.

Figure 2 Typical features of apoptosis after 1 h of reperfusion (TUNEL assay, × 200). Bold arrows show the SEC apoptosis and the black arrows indicate scanty of hepatocyte apoptosis. A: IPC group, B: control group.