Fig. 6.
Dexmedetomidine (Dex) treatment reduces tight junctional destruction and decreases mucosal apoptosis in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) groups. (A) Western blots showing full-length and cleaved occludin, as well as full-length and cleaved caspase-3 levels in rat intestinal mucosa. (B) Densitometric analysis of ratio of cleaved to full-length occludin. (C) Densitometric analysis of ratio of cleaved to full-length caspase-3. The error bars represent 2 SEM. *P < 0.05 versus the Sham group. #P < 0.05 versus the LPS group.