Cebpb floxed mice received AAV-TBG.CRE (KO) or AAV.TBG.control (WT) at 10^11 gc/mouse 1 week before surgeries. A. C/EBPβ protein levels in hepatocyte specific knockout mice. Right. Relative gene expression at one day after CLP. B. Serum ALT and AST in wild type (WT) and knockout mice (KO). C. INR and PT in mice before AAV injection, one day before CLP and one day after CLP. *, P<0.05, **, P<0.01. D. Survival in TAA/CLP mice. N=17 per group. E-F. Whole liver mRNA in these mice *, P<0.05, **, P<0.01.