Figure 1

Histopathological analysis of liver tissue stained by James and Masson staining. Livers from normal (A, B, E and F) and alcoholic liver fibrosis (ALF) rats (C, D, G and H) at 6 and 9 weeks stained by Masson (A, B, C and D) or James staining (E, F, G and H). No substantial difference was found during the growth progress from 6 to 9 weeks in normal rat livers. For ALF models, the degree of liver fibrosis was increased gradually from S2 at 6 W, to S4 at 9 W as highlighted by arrowhead and showed in green or deep brown color.