Research Article

FTY720 Effects on Inflammation and Liver Damage in a Rat Model of Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

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Differential expression of the select gene in the ischemic kidney in FTY720-treated rats (gray square) versus vehicle control-treated rats (black circle) following renal ischemia. Tissues at the indicated time point post-IRI were stored in RNAlater and subsequently processed for mRNA. cDNA conversion of 1 μg of RNA was performed by RT-PCR followed by semiquantitative real-time PCR for gene expression analysis using the 2-ΔΔCt method. A custom low-density array panel of 88 genes relevant to ischemia-reperfusion injury was selected for the analysis. Gene expression was quantified relative to kidney tissue from naïve control animals. compared with vehicle control at the same time point postinjury.