Fig. 1.
SSd alleviated hepatic fibrosis in CCl4-treated mice. Sirius red (A) and Masson staining (B) for liver tumors in control mice (n = 5), CCl4-treated mice (n = 5) and CCl4-SSd-treated mice (n = 5). IHC for Col1α1 (C) and α-SMA (D) levels in liver tumors of control mice (n = 5), CCl4-treated mice (n = 5) and CCl4-SSd-treated mice (n = 5). Scale bars = 200 μm for Sirius red, Masson and IHC. Below, five images of each liver and five livers from different mice were quantified for each group. **p < 0.01. (Color figure online)