Fig. 2From: CCL20 is up-regulated in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis and is produced by hepatic stellate cells in response to fatty acid loadingBox and whisker plot of serum CCL20 levels in 106 patients with normal liver histology (normal), 18 with grade 1 fibrosis (grade 1), 18 with grade 2 fibrosis (grade 2), 28 with grade 3 (bridging) fibrosis (grade 3), and 13 with grade 4 fibrosis/cirrhosis (grade 4). Three high CCL20 values, two grade 3 samples (270 and 538 pg/ml) and one grade 4 sample (580 pg/ml), are not shown in the plot for clarity of presentation. Median serum levels were increased in patient with histological grades of fibrosis (Kruskal–Wallis test Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis-of-variance-by-ranks test p < 0.0001)Back to article page