Fig. 3
From: Intriguing hepatoprotective effects of sucrose on hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis
Sucrose consumption mitigates the decrease in triglycerides and serum free fatty acids, restoring neutral lipids in hepatic parenchyma during preneoplastic and neoplastic HCC stages. Serum FFA and TG levels increased significantly in sucrose-treated groups vs. DEN (a). ORO staining shows reduced lipid content in the 8-DEN group, with patterns similar to 8-DEN in 8-D/S (b). Quantification of ORO-labeled areas during preneoplastic (c) and neoplastic stages (e) reveals sucrose preserves lipids in both tumor and inter-tumor regions (d). N Nodular, Int_N Internodular.
