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. 2018 Jul 5;8:10175. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28490-y

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Diminazene aceturate (DIZE) treatment inhibited hepatocyte necrosis in BDL mice. H&E stained liver sections (A) (×40) showed more than 50% reduction in hepatocyte necrosis in DIZE treated BDL mice compared to saline treated BDL mice. (B) This reduction was associated in BDL but not in Mdr2-KO mice with a reduced expression of hepatic TNF-α. (C) Treatment with DIZE inhibited both gene expression (D) and protein secretion (E) of TNF-α by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Kupffer cells (KUP5 cells). Each bar represents the mean ± SEM profile from 10–15 mice (panel B,C) or 3 independent experiments (panels D,E) per treatment group. Arrows in panel A indicate necrotic patches in BDL mice.