Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Activin B Promotes Epithelial Wound Healing In Vivo through RhoA-JNK Signaling Pathway
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025143
Figure Lengend Snippet: Twenty four mice were randomly assigned to four groups: Act B+EGFP (n = 6), Act B+RhoAL63 (n = 6), Act B+RhoAN19 (n = 6) and Act B+Y27632 (n = 6). (A) Mice were treated with empty lentivirus vector (Act B+EGFP), constitutively active RhoA (L63) (Act B+RhoAL63), dominant negative RhoA (N19) (Act B+RhoAN19) or Act B+Y27632 after wound creation. Immunohistochemical staining for p-JNK (A) or p-cJun (C) was performed on indicated day after treatment. Pictures were taken at 100× magnification, and corresponding magnification pictures were taken at 400× magnification, Scale bars: 100 µm. The percentage of p-JNK-positive (B) or p-cJun-positive (D) cells was quantified. * P <0.05 compared with PBS control. ** P <0.05 compared with PBS, Act B+RhoAN19, and Act B+Y27632 groups. *** P <0.05 compared with PBS, Act B, Act B+EGFP, Act B+RhoAN19, and Act B+Y27632 groups.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies for rabbit polyclonal p-cJun, p-ERK and p-p38 were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Boston, MA).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Dominant Negative Mutation, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Control