Figure 10.
The expression of (A) collagen type-1a, (B) TGF-β1 and (C) fibronectin-1 were increased in hHSCs treated with cholangiocyte supernatant from Mdr2−/− mice fed BAC compared to basal and WT supernatant treatments; however, expression of these fibrotic markers were decreased when hHSCs were stimulated with cholangiocyte supernatants from Mdr2−/− mice fed UDCA. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of at least 6 experiments for real-time PCR. *p<0.05 versus WT mice; #p<0.05 versus Mdr2−/− mice fed BAC.