Fig. 6

HCC derived exosomes induced abnormal lipid metabolism. a, b Western blotting assays of lipid metabolism related proteins in HCC patients or HSCs with different stimulations. c Oil Red staining assay showed the abnormal lipid accumulation in HSCs with indicated treatments. Each experiment was performed in triplicate, and data are presented as mean ± s.d. Student’s t-test was used to analyze the data (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001)