Table 2.
Summarized results of pathology for 18-month old male mice
Groups | Rate of HCC or dysplasia (tumor early stage) | Rate of inflammation (portal) | Rate of inflammation (parenchymal) | Rate of bile ductular proliferation | Rate of necrosis |
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Wild Type (n=6) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
FXR Knockout (n=10) | HCC (5/10), high grade dysplasia (5/10) | portal inflammation (6/10): mild (2/10), moderate (1/10), or marked (3/10) | parenchymal inflammaiton (3/10): mild (1/10) or marked (2/10) | 2/10 | 3/10 |
SHP Transgenic (n=8) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
FXR Knockout/SHP Transgenic (n=9) | HCC (5/9), high grade dysplasia (1/9), low grade dysplasia (3/9) | portal inflammation (4/9): mild (2/9), moderate (1/9), or marked (1/9) | N/A | 1/9 | 1/9 |