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Figure 2. Pneumonia facilitated HCC pulmonary metastasis and angiogenesis in mouse models. (A) MRI images of the control and pneumonia mice; Mean metastatic nodule number (B) and diameter (C); Representative images of CD31 staining of the metastatic nodules of control (D) and pneumonia group (E); (F) VEGF was upregulated consecutively in the pneumonia mice lungs for at least 96 hours following LPS instillation. ***: P < 0.001