Research Article
Stellate Cell Activation and Imbalanced Expression of TGF-β1/TGF-β3 in Acute Autoimmune Liver Lesions Induced by ConA in Mice
Table 3
Pearson’s correlation between TGF-β1, TGF-β3, ratio of TGF-β3/TGF-β1, liver function, and α-SMA in liver of mice in each group.
| | Correlations | TGF-β1 | TGF-β3 | Ratio | ALT | AST | Globulin | SMA |
| | TGF-β1 | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | 1 | .918 | .770 | .967 | .966 | .388 | .918 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | | .028 | .128 | .007 | .007 | .518 | .028 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | TGF-β3 | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .918 | 1 | .956 | .907 | .918 | .117 | .731 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .028 | | .011 | .033 | .028 | .851 | .160 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Ratio | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .770 | .956 | 1 | .756 | .764 | −.040 | .556 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .128 | .011 | | .139 | .133 | .949 | .330 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | ALT | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .967 | .907 | .756 | 1 | .987 | .405 | .869 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .007 | .033 | .139 | | .002 | .499 | .056 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | AST | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .966 | .918 | .764 | .987 | 1 | .275 | .819 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .007 | .028 | .133 | .002 | | .654 | .090 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Globulin | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .388 | .117 | −.040 | .405 | .275 | 1 | .705 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .518 | .851 | .949 | .499 | .654 | | .183 | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | SMA | | | | | | | | | Pearson’s correlation | .918 | .731 | .556 | .869 | .819 | .705 | 1 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | .028 | .160 | .330 | .056 | .090 | .183 | | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Ratio: TGF-β3/TGF-β1.
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