Figure 4

Egr-1 promoter driven luciferase activity after partial liver hepatectomy. A: BLI of sham operated (left) or hepatectomized (right) Egr-1-luc mice at 48 h (top row) and 72 h (bottom row) after surgery. Representative animals from n = 3-6 are shown. Red arrows denote the site of initial surgery, arrowhead points at the edge of a liver lobe showing luciferase activity. B: Quantitative luciferase signals from ROIs placed over the liver area of sham operated or hepatectomized mice 48 h or 72 h after surgery. A representative background ROI of comparable size was subtracted to account for background activity. n = 3-6; mean values of six animals + standard deviation are shown. *p < 0.05 sham vs. hepatectomy (U-test, Mann-Whitney).