Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the initial injury after hepatectomy in mice

Figure 2 Western blotting analyses for matrix metalloproteinase-9 were performed in the remnant liver in asymptomatic mice and symptomatic mice after 80%-partial hepatectomy. Representative image (A) and histograms (B) of Western blotting analyses for matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) are shown. MMP-9 protein expression in the liver was enhanced in symptomatic mice in the process of postoperative liver failure compared with that in asymptomatic mice after extended hepatectomy and sham-treated mice (^bP < 0.01 between Groups I and II).