Journal: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Article Title: Inhibition of Oxidative Stress and ALOX12 and NF-κB Pathways Contribute to the Protective Effect of Baicalein on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Acute Liver Injury.

doi: 10.3390/antiox10060976

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. Protein expression levels involved ferroptosis were detected in the liver tissues of mice challenged with CCl4. (A) Protein expression levels of ALOX12, HO-1, COX-2, p21 and Nrf2 at 6 and 24 h identified by Western blotting analysis of liver tissues of mice treated with CCl4; the quantitative analysis is showed in (B) (n = 4). 6 h vs. ctrl, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01; 24 h vs. ctrl, # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01. Ctrl: control.

Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used to probe the membranes: primary rabbit antibodies against p21 (1:1000), COX2 (1:1000), Nrf2 (1:1000), and HO-1 (1:1000) (ProteinTech Group, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), mouse monoclonal antibody against ALOX12 (1:1000) (Abcam, Cabridge, MA, USA) and β-actin (1:1000) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA).

Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Control

Journal: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Article Title: Inhibition of Oxidative Stress and ALOX12 and NF-κB Pathways Contribute to the Protective Effect of Baicalein on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Acute Liver Injury.

doi: 10.3390/antiox10060976

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. Effects of baicalein supplementation on apoptotic pathway in the liver tissues of mice challenged with CCl4. (A) Representative TUNEL-stained sections showing apoptosis in the liver tissue of mice. (B) Quantitative analysis of TUNEL positive rates (n = 4). (C,D) Activities of (C) caspases-3 and -9 (D) (n = 6). (E) The relative expression of Bax, GADD45a and p21 mRNAs in the liver tissues (n = 5). ** p < 0.01, compared to the control group; # p < 0.05 or ## p < 0.01, compared to the CCl4 only group. Bar = 100 µm. Bai: baicalein.

Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used to probe the membranes: primary rabbit antibodies against p21 (1:1000), COX2 (1:1000), Nrf2 (1:1000), and HO-1 (1:1000) (ProteinTech Group, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), mouse monoclonal antibody against ALOX12 (1:1000) (Abcam, Cabridge, MA, USA) and β-actin (1:1000) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA).

Techniques: TUNEL Assay, Staining, Expressing, Control

Journal: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Article Title: MicroRNA-150 relieves vascular remodeling and fibrosis in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.

doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.11.058

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. Effect of miR-150 on pulmonary fibrosis of pulmonary hypertension rats. (A) Pulmonary fibrosis was detected by Masson’s staining (200× magnification). Scale bars, 100 μm. (B) The area of pulmonary fibrosis was calculated and shown. The mRNA expressions of TGF-β1 (C) and collagen I (D) in lung tissues were evaluated by qPCR. (E) The protein levels of TGF-β1 and collagen I in lung tissues were measured by western blot assay. (F)&(G) Relative grey values of the protein bands were shown. (H) The expressions of TGF-β1 and collagen I in lung tissues were detected by immunohistochemical staining (400× magnification). Scale bars, 50 μm. Data were presented as mean ± SD. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus the indicated group.

Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked in 5% nonfat milk for 1 h at room temperature, then incubated with primary antibodies against TGF-β1 (1:400, BOSTER, China), Collagen I (1:300, BOSTER, China), p-AKTser473 (1:500, KeyGen, China), AKT (1:500, KeyGen, China), p-mTORser2481 (1:500, Sangon Biotech, China), mTOR (1:1000, Cell signaling Technology, USA), and β-actin (1:500, Bioss, China) at 4°C overnight, followed by incubation with HRP-labeled Goat AntiRabbit or Goat Anti-Mouse IgG (1:5000, Beyotime, China) at 37°C for 45min.

Techniques: Staining, Western Blot, Immunohistochemical staining

Journal: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Article Title: MicroRNA-150 relieves vascular remodeling and fibrosis in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.

doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.11.058

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. Effect of miR-150 on the expressions of fibrosis-related molecules. The mRNA expressions of TGF-β1 (A) and collagen I (B) in PASMCs were measured by qPCR. (C) The protein levels of TGF-β1 and collagen I in PASMCs were detected by western blot assay. (D)&(E) Relative grey values of the protein bands were shown. Data were presented as mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus the indicated group.

Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked in 5% nonfat milk for 1 h at room temperature, then incubated with primary antibodies against TGF-β1 (1:400, BOSTER, China), Collagen I (1:300, BOSTER, China), p-AKTser473 (1:500, KeyGen, China), AKT (1:500, KeyGen, China), p-mTORser2481 (1:500, Sangon Biotech, China), mTOR (1:1000, Cell signaling Technology, USA), and β-actin (1:500, Bioss, China) at 4°C overnight, followed by incubation with HRP-labeled Goat AntiRabbit or Goat Anti-Mouse IgG (1:5000, Beyotime, China) at 37°C for 45min.

Techniques: Western Blot