Comparison of the Treatment Efficiency of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation via Tail and Portal Veins in CCl₄-Induced Mouse Liver Fibrosis

Figure 3

((a) and (b)) Gene expression analysis of fibronectin, integrins, TGF-β1, and procollagen was performed by quantitative RT-PCR. (c) Comparison of the percentages of collagen type 1-positive areas between groups. Analysis of relative gene expression data employed Livak’s method (). Values were normalized to the gene expression levels of the control group. , Student’s -test.

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