Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on enterogenous bacteria-endotoxin translocation after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

The administration of rhGH in the 3rd and 12th hour after IIR significantly decreased the plasma level of endotoxin and TNFalpha and the amount of the translocated bacteria in the mesenteric lymph nodes, lungs, liver and kidneys of the rats. The administration of rhGH in the 3rd and 12th hour after IIR injury significantly decreased enterogenous bacteria-endotoxin translocation after IIR injury in rats and consequently protected various internal organs from being damaged.