Associated Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation (ALPPS) vs Selective Portal Vein Ligation (PVL) for Staged Hepatectomy in a Rat Model. Similar Regenerative Response?
Fig 5
Relative expression of mRNA of (a) HGF, (b) TGF-β, (c) IL-6, (d) IL1- β, (e) TNF-α and (f) TGF-α at 1, 24, 48 hours, 8 days and 12 weeks in controls, PVL and in ALPPS FLR.
Mann-Whitney U-test (n = 6 animals per group). The numbers (1, 2, 3) indicate significant differences of the considered group in comparison with control (1), PVL (2) and ALPPS (3) groups, respectively. A p value of <0.05 was considered as significant.