orchestrating roles of hepcidin and IL-6 in rat models of thioacetamide (TAA) and carbon
tetrachloride (CCl 4) hepatotoxicity. Methods Rats were intraperitoneally injected with TAA
(10 mg/100 g rat weight dissolved in isosaline) or CCl 4 (100 μL/100 g rat weight diluted as
1: 4 in corn oil) twice weekly for eight consecutive weeks to induce subchronic liver fibrosis.
Blood and tissue samples were collected and analyzed. Results CCl 4 but not TAA …