Liver Fibrosis (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Liver Fibrosis

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Treated with a control substance, livers from normal and LXR-deficient mice appear identical and undamaged (top left and right). The bottom images show the greater degree of fibrosis (blue bands) in the livers of mice lacking LXRs (right) compared to normal mice (left) after liver injury.

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