Overexpression of pim-3 and protective role in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated hepatic stellate cells

Table 2 Effect of ablation of pim-3 on HSC-T6 cell proliferation assessed by methyl thiazoyltetrazolium assay

Group	24 h (OD)	48 h (OD)
Control	0.5267 ± 0.030	0.8435 ± 0.028
Liposomes	0.5749 ± 0.028	0.8552 ± 0.014
si-pim3	0.2987 ± 0.050b	0.4634 ± 0.056b
scrambled	0.5062 ± 0.066	0.8069 ± 0.039
si-pim3 plus LPS	0.4063 ± 0.051ab	0.5434 ± 0.031b
LPS	0.7435 ± 0.028b	1.2136 ± 0.048bc

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 6).

^aP < 0.05 vs si-pim3 group;

^bP < 0.01 vs control group;

^cP < 0.01 LPS vs other groups.