Low-dose steroid pretreatment ameliorates the transient impairment of liver regeneration

Figure 5 Proliferation cell nuclear antigen expression in the nuclear protein at 1 d after the operations. A: Western blotting analysis for proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression. Animals were pretreated with various concentrations of dexamethasone 30 min prior to the hepatectomy; B: STAT3 DNA-binding activity in the nucleus at 1 d after the operations. ^aP < 0.05 between groups. S-PH: Steroid pretreatment in the partial hepatectomy group; S-PHA: Steroid pretreatment in the partial hepatectomy after radiofrequency ablation group; MW: Molecular weight.