TABLE 3.
Hepatocyte size and autoradiographic labeling after continuous infusion of HSS into the right portal vein branch and HSS plus TGF-β (50 ng/kg/day) into the left portal vein branch
| No. of labeled hepatocytes per 1,000 hepatocytesa |
Cell size units |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | No. of subjects |
HSS (ng/kg/day) |
Left lobe | Right lobe (no inhibitor) |
Left lobe | Right lobe (no inhibitor) |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 0.093 | 0.141 |
| 2 | 1 | 25 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 0.104 | 0.153 |
| 3 | 2 | 50 | 13.0 ± 0.2 | 13.3 ± 0.15 | 0.142 ± 0.006 | 0.143 ± 0.004 |
a
Data expressed as mean ± S.D.