Journal: International journal of molecular sciences
Article Title: PD-L1 and AKT Overexpressing Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Myocardial Protection by Upregulating CD25 + T Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction Rat Model.
doi: 10.3390/ijms25010134
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. Enhanced Expression of PD-L1 and Akt in AdMSCs. Immunofluorescence was employed to assess the expression levels of PD-L1 and Akt in both AdMSC and AdMSC-PDL1-Akt cells using specific probes. (A) Cell nuclei were visualized by counterstaining with DAPI, depicted in blue. Additionally, the protein abundance of both PD-L1 and Akt was ascertained in cell lysates via Western blot analysis (B) and subsequently quantified. (C) GAPDH served as an internal loading control. Scale bar: 170 µm. All data are represented as mean ± SEM. *** p < 0.01 when compared to AdMSC.
Article Snippet: Serial cross-sections of myocardial tissues were subjected to immunofluorescence staining employing antibodies against Caspase-3 (PROTEINTECH, Chicago, IL, USA), CD25 (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), NF-κB (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), and myosin heavy chain (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany).
Techniques: Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Quantitative Proteomics, Western Blot, Control