Fig. 1

Effects of carnitine supplementation on hepatocyte injury in burned rats. Serum levels of LDH (A), ALT (B), and AST (C) were detected in the control, burn, and burn + carnitine groups of rats. Representative images of TUNEL-stained liver tissues from the control (D), burn (E), and burn + carnitine (F) rats are shown. The numbers of TUNEL-positive cells in 10 randomly selected fields are shown in (G). (H) The levels of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins were measured via western blotting. Data are presented as means ± SD. **, P < 0.01 and ***, P < 0.001, versus the control group; #, P < 0.05; ##, P < 0.01, and ###, P < 0.001 versus the burn group