The Effects of Old Age on Hepatic Stellate Cells

Table 3

The results of previous studies where the effect of old age on HSC was reported.

Citation	Species	Morphology	Number	Activation
[7]	Rat	↑ lipid droplets	↔	n.d.
[12]	Rat	↑ lipid droplets	n.d	n.d.
[18]	Rat	n.d.	↑ (from 0.43 to 1.02% of liver volume, 𝑃=.075)	n.d.
[16]	Rat	n.d.	↑ autofluorescence	n.d.
[8]	Baboon	↑ lipid droplets	n.d.	↔ (αSMA)
[19]	Rat	n.d.	n.d.	↔ (αSMA)
[9]	Mouse	↑ lipid droplets	n.d.	n.d.
[10]	Mouse	↑lipid droplets	n.d.	n.d.

(n.d. not done).