Effects of different remote ischemic conditioning protocols in a rat model of arterialized orthotopic liver transplantation.

B Background: b Ischemic-reperfusion (IR) injury still represents a major concern in clinical transplantation. In RIC1, RIC2 groups conditioning was applied in recipients before liver exclusion or after reperfusion (4x5-5 min IR via aortic clamping), respectively. B Conclusion: b RIC in the recipient could protect liver grafts in our model against the detrimental effects of IR injury. [Extracted from the article]