Journal: BMC ophthalmology
Article Title: Protective effect of apelin-13 in lens epithelial cells via inhibiting oxidative stress-induced apoptosis.
doi: 10.1186/s12886-024-03746-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5 Effect of apelin‑13 on mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in H2O2-induced HLE-B3 cells via APJ. (a, d) The fluorescence microscopy findings (×100) on mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in each group obtained using the fluorescence probe JC-1. (b, c) The expression of mitochondrial apop totic pathway-related proteins (Bax, Caspase-3, and Bcl-2) detected by western blotting. Representative images of three replicated experiments were presented. The significance marked at the top of the columns refers to comparison with the control group. Data are shown as mean ± SD (n = 3). The full-length blots/gels are presented in Supplementary Figs. 8–11
Article Snippet: HLEC-B3 cells culture and drug treatment The human lens epithelial B3 (HLE-B3) cell line (CRL11421; ATCC, Manassas, Virginia, USA) was used in this experiment.
Techniques: Fluorescence, Microscopy, Membrane, Expressing, Western Blot, Comparison, Control