Effects of preoperative fasting on renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in young-lean and aged overweight mice

To study the protective effects of preoperative fasting against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, young-lean as well as aged overweight mice were subjected to three days of fasting or ad libitum food consumption, and gene expressions in kidneys of male mice were analyzed 19 samples (5 young control, 4 young fasted, 5 aged control, 5 aged fasted), each from individual mice