Low-dose steroid pretreatment ameliorates the transient impairment of liver regeneration

Figure 3 Proliferation cell nuclear antigen expression in the nuclear protein and albumin expression in the cytosol after the operations. A: Western blotting analysis for proliferation cell nuclear antigen expression (PCNA); B: Densitometric analysis of each protein signal; C: STAT3 DNA-binding activity in the nuclear protein after the operations. ^aP < 0.05 between groups. SH: Sham hepatectomy; PH: Partial hepatectomy; PHA: Partial hepatectomy with radiofrequency ablation; MW: Molecular weight; C.B.S.: Coomassie blue staining; ALB: Albumin.