TABLE 3

Plasma levels of insulin, glucagon, and resistin

Animal treatments and ELISAs for plasma insulin, glucagon, and resistin are as described under Materials and Methods. Data (nanograms per milliliter) are means ± S.E.M. (n = 5-6).

Peptide	Sham Surgery		Partial Hepatectomy
	- LPS	+ LPS	- LPS		+ LPS
	- LPS	+ LPS		+ Metformin		+ Metformin
Insulin	528 ± 72	811 ± 87^a	1130 ± 57^b	510 ± 68^c	637 ± 113^a	628 ± 102
Glucagon	271 ± 59	1862 ± 254^a	796 ± 129^b	297 ± 123^c	5251 ± 532^a^,^b	2322 ± 439^a^,^c
Resistin	13.8 ± 1.5	18.6 ± 0.8^a	13.7 ± 1.2	11.1 ± 0.9	28.0 ± 2.7^a^,^b	18.4 ± 1.8^a^,^c

↵ a P < 0.05 compared with animals injected with saline instead of LPS.
↵ b P < 0.05 compared with animals that underwent a sham operation.
↵ c P < 0.05 compared with the absence of metformin.