Table 3.
Treatment | Lipid (steatosis) | Galectin-3 (inflammation) | Collagen 1a1 (fibrosis) | |||
% fractional area | ||||||
Before treatment | After treatment | Before treatment | After treatment | Before treatment | After treatment | |
Vehicle (n = 11) | 33.0 ± 0.9 | 30.4 ± 0.9 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 7.8 ± 0.5 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 12.1 ± 0.4 |
OCA 10 mg/kg (n = 12) | 33.4 ± 0.8 | 31.8 ± 0.4 | 5.5 ± 0.3 | 5.0 ± 0.2a | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 9.0 ± 0.6a |
OCA 30 mg/kg (n = 11) | 32.2 ± 1.1 | 22.7 ± 1.0a | 5.5 ± 0.4 | 4.0 ± 0.4a | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 8.0 ± 0.7a |
INT-767 3.0 mg/kg (n = 12) | 33.0 ± 0.9 | 29.4 ± 1.3a | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 5.4 ± 0.2a | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 8.5 ± 0.6a |
INT-767 10 mg/kg (n = 11) | 33.7 ± 0.8 | 12.5 ± 1.5a | 5.6 ± 0.3 | 2.9 ± 0.1a | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 5.0 ± 0.3a |
Fractional area (mean ± SE) at the end of study;
P <0.05 vs vehicle (two-way ANOVA, Bonferroni’s post-hoc test).