Treatment | Normal rats + NaCl for 1 week | Normal rats + PRL for 1 week | BDL rats + non-immune serum for 1 week | BDL rats + anti-PRL antibody for 1 week |
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Prolactin serum levels (ng/ml) | 6.6 ± 0.16 | 98.4 ± 1.5* | 63.4 ± 1.0 | 14.0 ± 0.2* |
Inflammation | 0 ± 0 | 0.4 ± 0.2ns | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2* |
Necrosis | 0 ± 0 | 0.42 ± 0.2ns | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 0.2* |
Lobular damage | 0.06 ± 0.06 | 0.26 ± 0.11ns | 1.8 ± 0.14 | 0.9 ± 0.06* |
Cholangiocyte Apoptosis | 0 ± 0 | 0.2 ± 0.2ns | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2ns |