Fig. 7From: Mechanisms of the TGF-β1/Smad3-signaling pathway in gender differences in alcoholic liver fibrosisProtein immunoblotting to detect the expression of Collagen-I, α-SMA, TGF-β1, and Smad3 in the liver of different groups of mice. a Immunoblot bands of Collagen-I, α-SMA, TGF-β1, and Smad3 in different groups of mice; b expression changes in Collagen-I; c expression changes in α-SMA; d expression changes in TGF-β1; e expression changes in Smad3 [compared with the female normal (control) group, *P < 0.05 or **P < 0.01; compared with the male control group, #P < 0.05 or ##P < 0.01; compared with the female model group, △P < 0.05 or.△△P < 0.01]. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 15Back to article page