FABP2 and ischemia: Our observations are in line with recent work on human intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) studies from our group showing that after 30 minutes of full intestinal ischemia in an isolated part of the jejunum during a Whipple procedure, plasma I-FABP levels rapidly increase, whereas during reperfusion, a gradual decrease in I-FABP levels was observed [20].