Figure 1From: Herbal compound “Songyou Yin” attenuates hepatoma cell invasiveness and metastasis through downregulation of cytokines secreted by activated hepatic stellate cells Freshly isolated HSCs from buffalo rats were quiescent, rich in lipid droplets and with spontaneous green fluorescence. Fourteen days after isolation, HSCs were activated and developed into fibroblast-like cells (A). Activated HSCs were immunostained with desmin (B), and α-SMA (C) followed by FITC-conjugated secondary antibody, and nuclei were stained with DAPI.Back to article page