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AIM: To examine the differences in the responses of normal and cirrhotic livers to partial hepatectomy in relation to the factors influencing liver regeneration.METHODS: Cirrhosis was induced in rats by administration of thioacetamide. Untreated rats were used as controls. The control rats as well as the cirrhotic rats were subjected to 70% partial hepatectomy. At different time points after hepatectomy, the livers were collected and the levels of cytokines, growth factors and cell cycle proteins were analyzed.RESULTS: After hepatectomy, the cirrhotic remnant expressed significantly lower levels of cyclin D1, its kinase partner, cdk4, and cyclin E as compared to the controls up to 72 h post hepatectomy. Significantly lower levels of cydin A and cdk2 were also observed while the cdk inhibitor, p27 was significantly higher. In addition,the cirrhotic group had lower IL-6 levels than the control group at all time points up to 72 h following resection.CONCLUSION: The data from our study shows that impaired liver regeneration in cirrhotic remnants is associated with low expression of cyclins and cdks.This might be the consequence of the low IL-6 levels in cirrhotic liver remnant which would in turn influence the actions of transcription factors that regulate genes involved in cell proliferation and metabolic homeostasis during the regeneration process.