Fig. 1From: Adipose tissue alleviates the stress response by releasing adiponectin during laparoscopic surgery in patients with colorectal cancerAdiponectin levels in the laparoscopic and open surgery groups. A: Representative blot. Equal protein loading was confirmed with β-actin. B: Densitometric analysis of adiponectin protein expression. C: Serum level of adiponectin. Pre-LS: prelaparoscopic surgery; Post-LS: postlaparoscopic surgery; Pre-OS: preopen surgery; Post-OS: postopen surgery. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 20). *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.005Back to article page