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    Cell Signaling Technology Inc anti smad3
    Anti Smad3, supplied by Cell Signaling Technology Inc, used in various techniques. Bioz Stars score: 96/100, based on 1111 PubMed citations. ZERO BIAS - scores, article reviews, protocol conditions and more
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    Incubation:

    Article Title: Methods of treatment with CD8 T cell-mediated immune therapy
    Article Snippet: Briefly, chromatin from fixed cells was sonicated by Vibra-cell VC130 (Sonics&Materials) for 2 cycles of 6 sec ON and 30 sec OFF at 6-9 output watt. .. Chromatin was incubated with anti-rabbit IgG (1:500), anti-Smad2 (1:50), or anti-Smad3 (1:50) (Cell Signaling Technology) at 4° C. overnight with rotation Immunoprecipitated samples were eluted and the DNA cross-links were reversed at 65° C. for 5 hours or overnight. .. Sheared chromosomal DNA was subjected to quantitative RT-PCR using FastStart Universal SYBR Green Master (Roche) and StepOnePlus Real-Time PCR system (Thermo Scientific).

    Article Title: Serpine1 Regulates the Enhanced Inhibitory Effect of CHIR99021 Combined with Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Myocardial Fibrosis After Myocardial Infarction in Mice.
    Article Snippet: Total proteins were separated by 10% SDS–PAGE and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (Biosharp, Beijing, China). .. The membranes were blocked with 5% bovine serum albumin in Tris-buffered saline https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27041627 and incubated overnight at 4 ◦C with the following primary antibodies: anti-Serpine1 (HA500124, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-α-SMA (ET1607-53, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), antiColI (HA722517, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-ColIII (HA720050, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-Smad2 (ET1604-22, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-p-Smad2 (ET1612-32, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-Smad3 (#9523, CST, 1:1000, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-p-Smad3 (#9520, CST, 1:1000, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-FAK (ET1602-25, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-p-FAK (ET1610-34, HuaBio, 1:1000, China) and anti-GAPDH (ab8245, Abcam, 1:20,000, Waltham, MA, USA). .. The membranes were then incubated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Beyotime, 1:10,000, China) for 1 h at room temperature.

    Article Title: TGIF2-mediated HMGB3 overexpression promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma proliferation and metastasis through TLR3/TGF-β signaling
    Article Snippet: Next, proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Millipore; Temecula, California, USA). .. Afterward, before incubation with primary antibodies overnight at 4 °C, membranes were blocked with 5% non-fat milk at 37 °C for 1 h. Subsequently, membranes were treated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies against rabbit or mouse IgG (Abcam, Massachusetts, USA, 1:5000) at 37 °C for 1 h. The following primary antibodies were used to assess the expression of proteins: anti-β-actin (#3700; Cell Signaling Technology, Massachusetts, USA, 1:5000), anti-TGIF2 (#ab190152; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-p-TGIF2 and TGIF2 (#sc-390870; Santa Cruz, CA, USA), anti-HMGB3 (#ab75782; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-TLR3 (#ab62566; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-TGF-β (#ab215715; Abcam , 1:1000), anti-SMAD2/3 (#8685; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-SMAD2 (#5339; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-SMAD2 (#3108; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-SMAD3 (#9523; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-SMAD3 (#9520; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) (#4695; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-ERK1/2 (#4370; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kB) P65 (#8242S; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), and anti-His-tag (#66005-1-Ig; protein-tech, 1:1000). .. Protein bands were quantified using ImageJ densitometry software, with β-actin serving as the loading control for normalization of target protein expression levels.

    Immunoprecipitation:

    Article Title: Methods of treatment with CD8 T cell-mediated immune therapy
    Article Snippet: Briefly, chromatin from fixed cells was sonicated by Vibra-cell VC130 (Sonics&Materials) for 2 cycles of 6 sec ON and 30 sec OFF at 6-9 output watt. .. Chromatin was incubated with anti-rabbit IgG (1:500), anti-Smad2 (1:50), or anti-Smad3 (1:50) (Cell Signaling Technology) at 4° C. overnight with rotation Immunoprecipitated samples were eluted and the DNA cross-links were reversed at 65° C. for 5 hours or overnight. .. Sheared chromosomal DNA was subjected to quantitative RT-PCR using FastStart Universal SYBR Green Master (Roche) and StepOnePlus Real-Time PCR system (Thermo Scientific).

    Article Title: TRPA1 promotes overactive bladder progression by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome and driving pyroptosis.
    Article Snippet: ChIP assays were performed following the standard procedure using SimpleChIP Enzymatic Chromatin IP Kit (Cell Signaling Technology, USA). .. Briefly, treated cells were cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde, and the prepared chromatin was then immunoprecipitated with anti-MAZ (1:50, Active Motif, China), anti-SMAD3 (1:50, Cell Signaling Technology, USA) and anti-IgG (1:1000, Abcam, UK) at 4 °C overnight. ..

    Article Title: TRPA1 promotes overactive bladder progression by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome and driving pyroptosis.
    Article Snippet: After centrifugation, the supernatant was incubated with an anti-TRPA1 antibody for 2 hours before the addition of Protein A/G PLUS-Agarose beads (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA) and subsequent overnight incubation at 4 °C. .. The immunoprecipitation samples were verified by western blot with anti-MAZ (1:100, Active Motif, China), anti-SMAD3 (1:100, Cell Signaling Technology, USA). .. Data visualization and statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 9.

    Saline:

    Article Title: Serpine1 Regulates the Enhanced Inhibitory Effect of CHIR99021 Combined with Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Myocardial Fibrosis After Myocardial Infarction in Mice.
    Article Snippet: Total proteins were separated by 10% SDS–PAGE and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (Biosharp, Beijing, China). .. The membranes were blocked with 5% bovine serum albumin in Tris-buffered saline https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27041627 and incubated overnight at 4 ◦C with the following primary antibodies: anti-Serpine1 (HA500124, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-α-SMA (ET1607-53, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), antiColI (HA722517, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-ColIII (HA720050, HuaBio, 1:1000, China), anti-Smad2 (ET1604-22, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-p-Smad2 (ET1612-32, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-Smad3 (#9523, CST, 1:1000, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-p-Smad3 (#9520, CST, 1:1000, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-FAK (ET1602-25, HuaBio, 1:5000, China), anti-p-FAK (ET1610-34, HuaBio, 1:1000, China) and anti-GAPDH (ab8245, Abcam, 1:20,000, Waltham, MA, USA). .. The membranes were then incubated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Beyotime, 1:10,000, China) for 1 h at room temperature.

    Expressing:

    Article Title: TGIF2-mediated HMGB3 overexpression promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma proliferation and metastasis through TLR3/TGF-β signaling
    Article Snippet: Next, proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Millipore; Temecula, California, USA). .. Afterward, before incubation with primary antibodies overnight at 4 °C, membranes were blocked with 5% non-fat milk at 37 °C for 1 h. Subsequently, membranes were treated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies against rabbit or mouse IgG (Abcam, Massachusetts, USA, 1:5000) at 37 °C for 1 h. The following primary antibodies were used to assess the expression of proteins: anti-β-actin (#3700; Cell Signaling Technology, Massachusetts, USA, 1:5000), anti-TGIF2 (#ab190152; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-p-TGIF2 and TGIF2 (#sc-390870; Santa Cruz, CA, USA), anti-HMGB3 (#ab75782; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-TLR3 (#ab62566; Abcam, 1:1000), anti-TGF-β (#ab215715; Abcam , 1:1000), anti-SMAD2/3 (#8685; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-SMAD2 (#5339; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-SMAD2 (#3108; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-SMAD3 (#9523; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-SMAD3 (#9520; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) (#4695; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-p-ERK1/2 (#4370; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), anti-nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kB) P65 (#8242S; Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000), and anti-His-tag (#66005-1-Ig; protein-tech, 1:1000). .. Protein bands were quantified using ImageJ densitometry software, with β-actin serving as the loading control for normalization of target protein expression levels.

    Western Blot:

    Article Title: TRPA1 promotes overactive bladder progression by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome and driving pyroptosis.
    Article Snippet: After centrifugation, the supernatant was incubated with an anti-TRPA1 antibody for 2 hours before the addition of Protein A/G PLUS-Agarose beads (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA) and subsequent overnight incubation at 4 °C. .. The immunoprecipitation samples were verified by western blot with anti-MAZ (1:100, Active Motif, China), anti-SMAD3 (1:100, Cell Signaling Technology, USA). .. Data visualization and statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 9.

    Article Title: MMP9 regulates osteogenesis and MMP2 expression through the TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 signaling pathway in lipopolysaccharide-induced osteoblasts
    Article Snippet: Anti-phospho-SMAD2 and anti-phospho-SMAD3 antibodies for immunofluorescence were purchased from Abcam (UK). .. The anti-phospho-SMAD2, anti-phospho-SMAD3, anti-SMAD2, anti-SMAD3, and anti-RUNX2 antibodies for WB were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (USA). .. The anti-SMAD2 and anti-SMAD3 antibodies for EMSA were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology.



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    ECM-related cues promote RepC-associated gene expression and activate TGF-β/SMAD signaling in human articular chondrocytes. (A) Relative mRNA expression levels of RepC-associated genes (CILP, OGN, MMP13, and FRZB) in primary human articular chondrocytes treated with TGF-β1 (5 ng/mL), FN1 (10 μg/mL), or their combination. Gene expression was normalized to internal controls and expressed relative to untreated controls (Con). (B) Quantification of protein expression levels of CILP and MMP13, as well as phosphorylation levels of SMAD2 and SMAD3, under the same treatment conditions as in (A) . Protein levels were normalized to β-actin, and phosphorylation levels were normalized to total SMAD2 or SMAD3, respectively. (C) Representative immunoblot images showing CILP, MMP13, phosphorylated SMAD2 (P-SMAD2), total SMAD2, phosphorylated SMAD3 (P-SMAD3), total SMAD3, and β-actin under control, TGF-β1, FN1, and combined TGF-β1 + FN1 stimulation conditions. Data are presented as mean ± SD from n = 3 independent biological replicates. Statistical significance was determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc multiple-comparison test. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

    Journal: Frontiers in Endocrinology

    Article Title: ECM remodeling features in reparative chondrocytes during knee osteoarthritis

    doi: 10.3389/fendo.2026.1773139

    Figure Lengend Snippet: ECM-related cues promote RepC-associated gene expression and activate TGF-β/SMAD signaling in human articular chondrocytes. (A) Relative mRNA expression levels of RepC-associated genes (CILP, OGN, MMP13, and FRZB) in primary human articular chondrocytes treated with TGF-β1 (5 ng/mL), FN1 (10 μg/mL), or their combination. Gene expression was normalized to internal controls and expressed relative to untreated controls (Con). (B) Quantification of protein expression levels of CILP and MMP13, as well as phosphorylation levels of SMAD2 and SMAD3, under the same treatment conditions as in (A) . Protein levels were normalized to β-actin, and phosphorylation levels were normalized to total SMAD2 or SMAD3, respectively. (C) Representative immunoblot images showing CILP, MMP13, phosphorylated SMAD2 (P-SMAD2), total SMAD2, phosphorylated SMAD3 (P-SMAD3), total SMAD3, and β-actin under control, TGF-β1, FN1, and combined TGF-β1 + FN1 stimulation conditions. Data are presented as mean ± SD from n = 3 independent biological replicates. Statistical significance was determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc multiple-comparison test. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

    Article Snippet: The primary antibodies included CILP (PA5-18553, Thermo Fisher Scientific; 1:1500), MMP13 (18165-1-AP, Proteintech; 1:1000), phospho-SMAD2 (ET1612-32, HUABIO; 1:5000), phospho-SMAD3 (ET1609-41, HUABIO; 1:5000), SMAD2 (12570-1-AP, Proteintech; 1:2000), SMAD3 (66516-1-Ig, Proteintech; 1:2000), and β-actin (66009-1-Ig, Proteintech; 1:20000).

    Techniques: Gene Expression, Expressing, Phospho-proteomics, Western Blot, Control, Comparison