Effects of MCD diet and Western diet on liver fibrosis and ductular reaction.

<p>(A). Hepatic hydroxyl-proline content and qRT-PCR analysis of liver fibrosis and progenitor marker genes; (B). Liver sections from representative mice stained for markers of the fibroductular reaction (Sirius red, α-SMA, desmin, K19 and Sox-9) (left panels) and respective morphometry (right). Results normalized to chow-fed mice and graphed as mean±SEM. *<0.05 and **<0.005, control <i>versus</i> experimental diet; #<0.05 and ##<0.005, MCD <i>versus</i> Western diet.