Liver injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) insult represents the major problem following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).
c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated during hepatic reperfusion , and JNK inhibitors are known to protect other major organs from ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.
PURPOSE : Poly (adenosine diphosphate (ADP) - ribose) polymerase inhibitors have been used successfully to decrease ischemia-reperfusion injury in several organ systems.
Poly (adenosine 5 ' - diphosphate ribose) (poly (ADP-ribose)) is spontaneously ADP-ribosylated when it is incubated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide , especially in 0.5 M NaCl and at an alkaline pH..