Table 3.

Hepatocyte Size and Autoradiographic Labeling After Continuous Infusion of Different Doses of PGE₁ Into the Left Portal Vein Branch of Dogs With Eck’s Fistula

Group	N	Dose (μg/d)	No. of Labeled Hepatocytes per 1,000 Hepatocytes		Cell Size (U)
			Left lobe	Right lobe	Left lobe	Right lobe
1	2	4.8	12.5 ± 0.5*	5.1 ± 0.7	0.158 ± 0.01*	0.087 ± 0.007
2	2	0.48	10 ± 0.3*	3.9 ± 0.3	0.161 ± 0.005*	0.100 ± 0.005
3	2	0.24	6 ± 0.2*	3.8 ± 0.1	0.131 ± 0.004*	0.095 ± 0.009
4	2	0.048	5.1 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.4	0.104 ± 0.002	0.099 ± 0.004

^*P <.05, left lobe vs right lobe.