Figure 6.

Concentration of ophthalmate (OA) in RBC samples from the WHV-induced HCC woodchuck model (μM). The concentrations of OA were measured in RBC samples of healthy woodchucks (WHV−/HCC−), WHV-infected woodchucks (WHV+/HCC−), and WHV-induced HCC animals (WHV+/HCC+, before and 8 hours after tumor ablation). The level of OA was higher in WHV+/HCC+ when compared to WHV+/HCC− and WHV−/HCC−. OA level was also higher in WHV+/HCC− when compared with the WHV−/HCC−. Levels of OA were similar in the WHV+/HCC+ group before and after tumor ablation. *P < 0.05, one-sided independent t-test.