Table 1.

IOD values of α-SMA in each group 4, 8 and 12w post-transplantation (×10⁴)

	Vehicle	FK506	MMF
4w	4.6±0.3	4.8±0.3	4.3±0.4
8w	9.1±0.9	8.5±0.7	6.1±0.4*
12w	19.6±2.4	20.9±1.8	14.2±1.1*

*Significant difference compared with the vehicle group (p<0.05).