Engraftment of transplanted PHs.
a. GFP-immunostaining in the liver of Auto model. Representative histological images of GFP-immunostained liver sections from the mice sacrificed at each time point (time after PH transplantation) are presented. From left to right, the liver images of the mice 1, 2, 4, 8 weeks after transplantation, respectively. 2 × objective's scale bar: 200 μm, 20 × objective's scale bar: 20 μm
b. Average values (%) of hepatocyte replacement indecies (RIs). GFP-positive areas of the tissue samples were calculated using ImageJ. All the data are expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05. n = 3 in each group.
c. Hepatic GFP mRNA expression in Auto and Allo models. Hepatic mRNA expression levels were measured by qRT-PCR. Expression levels of the respective mRNAs were normalized to that of GAPDH and the data were presented as fold change compared with the average of Auto model at 1 week after PH transplantation. All the data are expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05 n = 3 in each group.