Apoptosis pathway of liver cells in chronic hepatitis

Table 1 Positive expression of apoptotic proteins in the liver specimens of chronic liver disease (%)

	n	Fas	FasL	Bax	Bcl-2	Bcl-XL	Bcl-2α
CH	72	63 (87.5)	68 (94.4)	66 (91.7)	41 (56.9)	44 (61.1)	28 (38.9)
LC	29	24 (82.8)	27 (93.1)	25 (86.2)	20 (69.0)	21 (72.4)	13 (44.8)

CH: Chronic hepatitis group. A: Fas: Bcl-2 χ² = 16.754, B: Fas: Bcl-X_Lχ² = 13.131; C: Fas: Bcl-2αχ² = 36.575, D: FasL: Bcl-2 χ² = 27.517; E: FasL: Bcl-X_Lχ² = 23.143, F: FasL: Bcl-2αχ² = 50.00; G: Bax: Bcl-2 χ² = 22.733, H: Bax: Bcl-X_Lχ² = 18.635; I: Bax: Bcl-2αχ² = 44.242; I: P < 0.001; J: Bcl-2: Bcl-2αχ² = 8.472, K: Bcl- X_L: Bcl-2αχ² = 7.111; J-K P < 0.01. LC: Liver Cirrhosis group. L: FasL: Bcl-2αχ² = 15.789; M: Bax: Bcl-2αχ² = 10.898; I-M: P < 0.001; N: Fas: Bcl-2αχ² = 9.032, P < 0.01; O: FasL: Bcl-2 χ² = 5.497; P: FasL: Bcl- X_Lχ² = 4.35; O-P: P < 0.05.