Objective To construct an acute liver damage animal model for priming TGF-β/Smad signal conduction pathway in hepatic tissue of rats on the basis of traditional model induced by carbon tetrachloride ( CCl4 ). Methods Thirty rats were randomly divided into three groups as model group,control group and blank group. The model group was prepared by clamping the hepatic artery communis with bulldog clamp for 15 minutes was injected intraperitoneally with 25% of CCl4 contained in arachis oil on the following sixth and tenth day after the operation...