TABLE 2.

Hepatocyte size and autoradiographic labeling after continuous infusion of growth stimulating factor into the right portal vein branch and infusion of growth stimulating factor plus TGF-β (50 ng/kg/day) into the left portal infusion of branch

				No. of labeled hepatocytes per 1,000 hepatocytesa		Cell size unitsa
Group	No. of subjects	Stimulating substances	Dose (ng/kg/day)	Left lobe	Right lobe (no inhibitor)	Left lobe	Right lobe (no inhibitor)
1	3	Insulin	0.16	15.0 ± 0.8	14.9 ± 0.4	0.187 ± 0.018	0.165 ± 0.01
2	1	IGF-2	50	11.0	10.3	0.148	0.1477
3	2	HSS	50	13.8 ± 0.2	13.3 ± 0.15	0.142 ± 0.006	0.143 ± 0.004
4	1	HGF	50	11.3	11.2	0.164	0.163
5	2	T3	100	7.4 ± 0.65	7.3 ± 0.8	0.126 ± 0.016	0.127 ± 0.013
6	2	EGF	150	5.15 ± 0.2	5.05 ± 0.05	0.119 ± 0.001	0.120 ± 0.001
7	2	TGF-α	50	3.4 ± 0.25b	12.6 ± 0.5	0.082 ± 0.006b	0.159 ± 0.002

^aData expressed as mean ± S.D.

^bp < 0.001.