Rosiglitazone prevents murine hepatic fibrosis induced by Schistosoma japonicum

Table 1 Quantitative analysis of TGF-β1, α-SMA, type I and type III collagen in mouse livers (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	TGF-β1	α-SMA	Type I collagen	Type IIIcollagen
A	10	0.356 ± 0.145	0.602 ± 0.116	0.303 ± 0.117	0.317 ± 0.133
B	10	0.829 ± 0.154a	0.915 ± 0.172a	0.654 ± 0.186a	0.735 ± 0.192a
C	10	0.655 ± 0.117ac	0.902 ± 0.155a	0.505 ± 0.103ac	0.701 ± 0.174a
D	10	0.603 ± 0.126ac	0.732 ± 0.109ace	0.477 ± 0.132ac	0.508 ± 0.127ace
E	10	0.459 ± 0.107aceg	0.689 ± 0.132ce	0.382 ± 0.125ceg	0.436 ± 0.112ace

Compared with group A,

^aP < 0.05; Compared with group B,

^cP < 0.05; Compared with group C,

^eP < 0.05; Compared with group D,

^gP < 0.05.