Journal: Experimental & Molecular Medicine
Article Title: Splenectomy improves liver fibrosis via tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 (LIGHT) through the JNK/TGF-β1 signaling pathway
doi: 10.1038/s12276-021-00574-2
Figure Lengend Snippet: a The levels of TGF-β1, P-JNK, and JNK in RAW264.7 cells. b The levels of TGF-β1 in the culture medium of JS1 cells. c The levels of αSMA in JS1 cells. d Immunofluorescence staining of αSMA and quantitative analysis of αSMA-positive cells among JS1 cells. Magnification: ×400. Control (RAW264.7 cells), rLIGHT (RAW264.7 cells + rLIGHT), rLIGHT + anti-P-JNK (RAW264.7 cells + rLIGHT + anti-P-JNK). Scale bar, 50 µm. mRNA expression was examined by qPCR and normalized to GAPDH expression. The relative grayscale value of the protein band was measured with ImageJ software and normalized to β-actin. The data (means ± SEM) were obtained from triplicate experiments (one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001).
Article Snippet: The concentration of both the anti-TGF-β1-neutralizing antibody (Cat. No.: MAB1835-SP, R&D Systems) and rLIGHT protein (Cat. No.: 1794-LT/CF, R&D Systems) was 100 ng/ml.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Staining, Control, Expressing, Software, Comparison