Original Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2010; 16(12): 1458-1464
Published online Mar 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i12.1458
Table 1 Effect of HYRD on serum levels of ALT, AST, TP and Alb (mean ± SD)
GroupsALT (U/L)AST (U/L)TP (g/L)Alb (g/L)
Control20.94 ± 8.76b26.11 ± 11.81b76.9 ± 13.1a36.3 ± 5.2b
Model62.40 ± 25.5999.93 ± 38.7645.8 ± 14.824.3 ± 5.3
Low-dosage HYRD group47.92 ± 19.6570.72 ± 28.53a53.2 ± 23.528.0 ± 7.4
Medium-dosage HYRD group44.36 ± 20.50a74.06 ± 25.14a58.8 ± 24.930.6 ± 7.5a
High-dosage HYRD group34.29 ± 11.42b49.95 ± 19.47b67.1 ± 20.2a33.0 ± 5.6b
Table 2 Effect of HYRD on hepatic hydroxyproline content (mean ± SD)
GroupsHydroxyproline(mg/g dry weight)
Control0.18 ± 0.13b
Model2.39 ± 0.28
Low-dosage HYRD group1.89 ± 0.99
Medium-dosage HYRD group1.29 ± 0.56b
High-dosage HYRD group1.22 ± 0.45b
Table 3 Effect of HYRD on serum levels of PCIII, HA, LN and CIV (mean ± SD)
GroupsPCIII (μg/mL)HA (ng/mL)LN (ng/mL)CIV (ng/mL)
Control15.16 ± 15.12b205.30 ± 48.92a82.02 ± 8.8621.71 ± 1.76
Model35.73 ± 17.90563.82 ± 335.5489.57 ± 7.5929.20 ± 6.17
Low-dosage HYRD group27.87 ± 10.13464.19 ± 283.4179.86 ± 9.5226.38 ± 8.61
Medium-dosage HYRD group24.72 ± 10.87a256.46 ± 95.98b86.34 ± 8.3024.41 ± 4.46
High-dosage HYRD group20.34 ± 13.92b161.51 ± 48.29b83.26 ± 13.2026.22 ± 7.97
Table 4 Liver histopathological semi-quantitative scores (mean ± SD)
GroupsnScores
Staging scores
0IIIIIIIV
Control660.00 ± 0.00b
Model1321126.08 ± 5.85
Low-dosage HYRD group94516.72 ± 6.05b
Medium-dosage HYRD group11135212.77 ± 6.21b
High-dosage HYRD group1113524.86 ± 2.66b
Table 5 Expression of TGF-β1 and Smad3 (mean ± SD)
GroupsTGF-β1/β-actinSmad3/β-actin
Control1.00 ± 0.00b0.62 ± 0.08b
Model3.29 ± 2.081.33 ± 0.10
Low-dosage HYRD group2.52 ± 1.571.20 ± 0.07b
Medium-dosage HYRD group2.14 ± 1.421.16 ± 0.05b
High-dosage HYRD group1.68 ± 0.51a0.79 ± 0.06b