Gut-liver axis improves with meloxicam treatment after cirrhotic liver resection

Figure 8 Hepatic and the small bowel (mucosa and muscularis/serosa) messenger RNA (mRNA) expression for interleukin 6 (A), transforming growth factor beta 1 (B), and cyclooxigenase-2 (C), after liver resection at two time points 3 and 24 h. Values are given as mean ± SE. Multiple comparisons between groups under the Kruskal-Wallis test were performed. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs BDL + M and BDL; ^dP < 0.01 vs BDL + M and CG (n = 15). CG: Control group; BDL: Bile duct ligation; BDL + M: BDL + meloxicam; IL-6: Interleukin 6; TGF-β1: Transforming growth factor beta 1; COX-2: Cyclooxigenase-2.