STC1 and Hepatic fibrosis: Next, siSTC1-SHED-Heps were transplanted into CCl4-treated mice (siSTC1-SHED-HepTx mice) and compared to siCONT-SHED-Hep transplanted CCl4-treated mice (siCONT-SHED-HepTx mice) to examine the benefit of STC1 to liver fibrosis.