Utility of Tru-cut® biopsies from matched perfused and ischemic liver tissue samples.

<p>The duration of complete ischemia for rat and human liver biopsies were 20 and 12 minutes (range 6–16 minutes), respectively. Oxidative phosphorylation (A,B), electron transport chain capacity (C,D) and respiratory control ratio (E,F) of ischemic Tru-cut® rat (n = 6) and human (n = 6) liver samples were consistently lower than biopsies from perfused liver samples. Refer to the <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0079097#pone-0079097-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a> legend for definition of oxidative phosphorylation, electron transport chain capacity and respiratory control ratio. **, <i>P</i>&lt;0.01 vs. perfused samples.