Figure 2
Plasmatic levels of kidney function markers and liver injury markers. Creatinine (Sham operated + Saline: 36 ± 9.24 μ M; Sham operated + prednisolone treatment: 36.88 ± 4.29 μ M; BD + Saline 86.63 ± 18.37 μ M; BD + prednisolone treatment: 50.38 ± 6.91 μ M), AST (Sham operated + Saline: 71.50 ± 14.19 U/l; Sham operated + prednisolone treatment: 72.88 ± 11.66 U/l; BD + Saline: 138.0 ± 72.76 U/l; BD + prednisolone treatment: 146.3 ± 35.07 U/l), ALT (Sham operated + Saline: 54.38 ± 13.97 U/l; Sham operated + prednisolone treatment: 45.88 ± 15.82 U/l; BD + Saline: 106.3 ± 58.38 U/l; BD + prednisolone treatment: 87.50 ± 18.33 U/l), LDH (Sham + Saline: 157.1 ± 41.54 U/l; Sham + prednisolone treatment: 172.4 ± 104.2 U/l; BD + Saline: 342.8 ± 228.0 U/l; BD + prednisolone treatment: 270 ± 152.9 U/l) and IL-6 (Sham operated + Saline: 15.63 ± 29.69 pg/ml; Sham operated + prednisolone: undetectable; BD + Saline: 2.07 × 10 5± 9.59 × 10 4 pg/ml; BD + prednisolone treatment: 1.18 × 10 3± 2.69 × 10 3 pg/ml).