Effect of lipid on proliferation and activation of rat hepatic stellate cells (I)

Table 1 The effects of triglyceride on HSC proliferation

Group	Concentration (mg/L)	Value of OD
Triglyceride	400	0.0990 ± 0.0163b
	200	0.1226 ± 0.0138
	100	0.1212 ± 0.0275
	50	0.1450 ± 0.0264
	25	0.1637 ± 0.0243
	12.5	0.1894 ± 0.0316a
Normal control	0.1395 ± 0.0276

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control.

Table 2 The effects of VLDL on HSC proliferation

Group	Concentration (mg/L)	Value of OD
VLDL	100	0.2202 ± 0.0284b
	50	0.1964 ± 0.0287b
	25	0.1834 ± 0.0498a
	12.5	0.1642 ± 0.0269
	6.25	0.1583 ± 0.0314
Normal control		0.1395 ± 0.0276

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control.