Pathogenic Role of Iron Deposition in Reticuloendothelial Cells during the Development of Chronic Hepatitis C
Figure 2
Distributions of absolute hepatic hepcidin mRNA levels (a) and hepcidin mRNA levels normalized to serum ferritin concentrations (b) among patients with different iron deposition patterns. mRNA levels of hepcidin were normalized to those of β-actin. None: no stainable iron, HC: iron deposition in hepatocytes alone, Mix: iron deposition in mixed hepatocytes/reticuloendothelial cells, and REC: iron deposition in reticuloendothelial cells alone. Differences between the None and HC groups were analyzed by post hoc comparisons (Bonferroni test).
