Crosstalk between angiogenesis, cytokeratin-18, and insulin resistance in the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Figure 4 The relationship between angiogenesis, CK-18-positive vessels (A), and HOMA-IR (B). The degree of angiogenesis correlated with the CK-18-positive cells (A) and HOMA-IR (B). A: The magnitude of expression of CK-18 correlated positively with CD34-positive neovascularization. The equation was y = 500.63x + 4.6606. The correlation coefficient was 0.6512; B: Similarly, there was a positive correlation between HOMA-IR and hepatic neovascularization. The equation was y = 233.75x - 339.39. The correlation efficient was 0.6184.