Effects of dietary supplementation with vitamin E and selenium on rat hepatic stellate cell apoptosis

Table 1 Comparison between ALT and AST (mean±SD)

	ALT (IU/L)		AST (IU/L)
	After the first injection	After the third injection	After the first injection	After the third injection
Intervention group (n = 20)	289.6±80.7ab	446.4±136.5b	63±16.9ab	219.9±98.2a
Pathological group (n = 20)	396.5±134.4b	781.6±295.7	85.3±57.9b	362.5±129.6
Normal control group (n = 20)	256.4±71.6	194.1±69.7	53.9±20.1	58.5±25.0

^aP<0.05 vs pathological group;

^bP<0.01 vs third injection.

Table 2 Quantitative analysis of collagen fibers during acute liver damage (Sirius red staining, mean±SD)

	After the first injection (pixel)	After the third injection (pixel)
Pathological group (n = 20)	2 686.3±1 109.4b	1 843.5±706.7a
Intervention group (n = 20)	6 351.3±524.2	5 992.0±2 637.2
Normal control group (n = 20)	2 785.5±294.1	2 978.5±214.8

^aP<0.05 vs intervention group;

^bP<0.01 vs intervention group.