Undifferentiated Adipose Tissue Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Hepatic Regeneration, Ameliorates Histopathologic Damage of the Liver, and Upregulates the Expression of Liver Regeneration- and Liver-Specific Genes in a Rat Model of Partial Hepatectomy

Figure 7

Liver regeneration rate (%), as calculated on the POD¹ of sacrifice, using the equation: 100 × {C − (A − B)}/A, where A is the estimated total liver weight at the time of PHx², B is the weight of the excised liver, and C is the weight of the harvested regenerating liver at the time of sacrifice. The vertical lines indicate the standard error of the mean (SEM). Liver regeneration rate was not calculated for the sham group, as these animals did not undergo PHx. The experimental groups are depicted in Table 1 (experimental design). ¹POD: postoperative day; ²PHx: partial hepatectomy.