Journal: Respiratory Research
Article Title: STAT6 deficiency mitigates the severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by chronic intermittent hypoxia by suppressing Th2-inducing cytokines
doi: 10.1186/s12931-024-03062-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: IL-4 increased p-STAT6 expression in hPASMCs. ( A ) Western blotting was performed to assess the expression of the STAT6 and p-STAT6 in hPASMCs treated with 10ng/ml IL-4 or IL-13 for 24 h. ( B ) Quantitative analysis of relative expression analysis of STAT6 and p-STAT6 using ImageJ. ( C ) Western blotting was used to detect the expression of STAT6 and p-STAT6 in hPASMCs. ( D - E ) Quantitative analysis of STAT6 and p-STAT6 in hPASMCs using ImageJ. ( F ) Under Nor or IH conditions, hPASMCs were treated with 10 ng/ml IL-4 for 48 h. Cell proliferation was assessed using the CCK8 assay. ( G - H ) Knockdown or overexpression of STAT6 expression in hPASMCs, treat with 10 ng/ml IL-4 and culture for 48 h, then measure hPASMCs proliferation under different conditions using the CCK8 assay. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. No significant difference is indicated by ns. Significant differences are presented as *( p < 0.05), **( p < 0.01), ***( p < 0.001) and determined by Student’s t-test unless specified. Nor normoxia, IH intermittent hypoxia
Article Snippet: hPASMCs were obtained from iCell Bioscience, Inc., Shanghai.hPASMCs were cultured at 37 °C in a humidified incubator with 5% CO 2 using PriMed-iCell-004-LS medium (iCell Bioscience, China).Cells at passages 2–5 were used for further investigation.
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Knockdown, Over Expression