A-B) Macroscopic images of livers from Stard1f/f (N=9) and Stard1ΔHep mice (N=9) treated with DEN and fed HFHC diet for 24 weeks, with quantification of tumor multiplicity and maximal area.
C-D) Serum and mRNA expression levels of Afp from Stard1f/f (N=9) and Stard1ΔHep mice (N=9) treated with DEN and fed HFHC.
E) Immunohistochemical expression of Afp and Yap of consecutive liver sections from Stard1f/f and Stard1
ΔHep mice.
F-G) mRNA levels tumor markers and inflammation genes of whole liver tissue from Stard1f/f and Stard1ΔHep mice.
H) mRNA levels of ER stress markers of whole liver tissue from Stard1f/f (N=6) and Stard1ΔHep mice (N=6).
I) Western blot of ER stress markers as in H).
All values are mean ± SEM. *p<0.05, denote statistically significant differences respect to MUP-uPAStard1f/f or Stard1f/f mice in Student’s t test.