Fig. 3.

Expression of MMPs and TIMPs mRNAs in intestinal myofibroblasts. The cells were incubated with each factor (100 ng/mL) for 12 h. The total RNA was extracted, and Northern blotting was performed. IL, interleukin; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; TGF, transforming growth factor; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; KGF, keratinocyte growth factor; IGF, insulin-like growth factor; EGF, epidermal growth factor. This figure has been reused from Ref. 60 with permission from Springer Nature Group (License Number 5373230819486).