Figure 9

SDS-PAGE of proteins from serum and liver and western blots probed with AOL. The upper panel shows a western AOL blot of serum proteins (left) and a gel stained with Coomassie Blue (CBB) of the same serum proteins (right). The lower panel shows a western blot of liver proteins probed with AOL and β-actin. The lanes are as follows: 1-2: controls; 3-4: cirrhosis; 5-6: HCC. 2+F, 4+F and 6+F are the proteins in lanes 2, 4 and 6 digested with PNGase F and used as negative controls for AOL binding. The data were reproducible in three independent experiments.