Fig. 4.

Influence of Bach1^−/− ablation on hepatic fibrogenesis. (A) Liver sections from wild type (A and B) and Bach1^−/− mice (C and D) fed either regular chow (left panels) or MCD diet (right panels) were processed for Azan-Mallory staining. (original magnification 200×). (B) Following 4 w of either regular chow or MCD diet, hepatic mRNA expressions of αSMA were quantified (n = 5/each group) by quantitative real-time PCR. *p<0.05, regular chow vs MCD diet. ^†p<0.05, wild type (open bar) vs Bach1^−/− mice (closed bar).