Hh	hedgehog
ICR	Institute of Cancer Research
PH	partial hepatectomy
PFA	paraformaldehyde
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
EGF	epidermal growth factor
TGFβ	transforming growth factor-β
HSC	hepatic stellate cell
PTC	patched
SMO	smoothened
MPF	maturation-promoting factor
GLI	glioma-associated oncogene
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
RIPA	Radio Immunoprecipitation Assay
SDS-PEGA	sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
PVDF	polyvinylidene fluoride
Edu	5-Ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine
IHH	Indian hedgehog
APC/C	anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome
CMC-NA	sodium carboxymethylcellulose