Effects of interleukin-10 on activation and apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells in fibrotic rat liver

Table 1 Positive expression levels of α-SMA and NF-kB in HSCs of 3 groups (mean±SD)

	Group N		Group C		Group I
	wk 7	wk 11	wk 7	wk 11	wk 7	wk 11
α-SMA	0.64 ± 0.05	0.68 ± 0.07d	2.43 ± 0.03	2.47 ± 0.14b	2.14 ± 0.11	2.09 ± 0.06c
NF-κB	0.43 ± 0.08	0.42 ± 0.05d	2.13 ± 0.09	2.48 ± 0.70a	1.92 ± 0.42	1.62 ± 0.10a

^aP<0.05 vs week 7 of group N;

^bP<0.05 vs week 7 of group C:

^cP<0.05 vs group C;

^dP<0.05 vs week 7 of group N.

Table 2 Expression levels of Fas and FasL in HSCs of 3 groups (mean±SD)

	Fas			FasL
	group N	group C	group I	group N	group C	group I
7th week	0.36 ± 0.02	0.66 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.02a	0.34 ± 0.03	0.45 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.05a
11th week	0.40 ± 0.01	0.72 ± 0.02a	0.73 ± 0.04b	0.36 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.04	0.83 ± 0.04a

^aP<0.05 vs groups C and N;

^bP<0.05 vs week 11 of group C.