Figure 3

STATs were activated in MHE and CHE.

The fold increases of concentrations of activated STAT1 (A), STAT2 (B), STAT3 (C), STAT4 (D), STAT5a (E) and STAT5b (F) were determined in all patients. Asterisks denote p < 0.05 in statistics. MHE: minimal hepatic encephalopathy; CHE: clinical hepatic encephalopathy.