Similar enhancement of hepatocyte proliferation promoting factors by chimeric Ad-HBV vector for truncated MMP-8 and conventional full-length MMP-8 Ad vector.

<p>(<b>A</b>) c-Met mRNA. (<b>B</b>) Hepatocyte growth factor mRNA. mRNA levels for c-Met, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in liver tissue from the same treatment groups as in Fig. 3 were determined by quantitative RT-PCR at the indicated timepoints post treatment. Values for c-Met and HGF were then correlated with those for GAPDH in the same sample. Error bars represent standard deviations (n = 3).