Journal: ACS Omega
Article Title: Modified Sanliangsan Improved Sjogren’s Syndrome Complicated with Interstitial Lung Disease by Suppressing Serum MUC1 Levels
doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c01147
Figure Lengend Snippet: SP treatment suppresses hub SS-related MUC1 expression to improve SS-ILD. (A, B) Volcano plots display the DEGs in the salivary gland (A) and parotid (B) of patients with SS. The hub genes associated with SS are labeled by a black arrow. (C) Venn diagram displays the hub DEGs shared in the salivary gland, peripheral blood, and parotid of patients with SS. The DEGs from the salivary gland, peripheral blood, and parotid are represented by orange, gray, and blue circles, respectively. (D) Topological protein–protein interaction network of hub DEGs associated with SS. (E) Relative expression levels of APP and MUC1 in patients with SS-ILD vs healthy individuals. (F) Expression level of MUC1 in serum of patients with SS-ILD before and after SP and CK treatments. (G) ELISA of the serum protein levels of MUC1 in patients with SS-ILD before and after SP and CK treatments; “NS: no significance; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01”.
Article Snippet: The recombinant MUC1 protein was obtained by GST-tag protein purification kit (Beyotime Biotechnology, Shanghai, China), then collected, and dialyzed in PBS glycerol buffer.
Techniques: Expressing, Labeling, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay