Fig. 6.
Effect of taurine on TGF−β1 and IGFBP-1 expression in liver. (A) mRNA of TGF−β1 was measured by qPCR. The expression level was normalized by the expression level of 28S ribosomal RNA. Values are shown fold of Control. n = 6–8. (B) Igfbp-1 mRNA expression was measured by qPCR. The expression level was normalized by the expression level of 28S ribosomal RNA. Values are shown fold of Control. ∗p < 0.05 (Student's t-test). (C–E) The effect of CCl4 and taurine on Igfbp-1 mRNA (C), protein (D) in liver and serum IGFBP-1 protein (E) were analyzed. n = 4–8. ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01 (post-hoc Tukey-HSD test).
