FIGURE 3.
Knocking down TCF3 inhibits the Ang II-induced M2 macrophage polarization and promotes MMP secretion. A, Detection of the transfection efficiency of TCF3. B, Detection of MMP activity using a reagent kit. C, Western blot analysis of MMP9 and MMP2. D, Flow cytometric analysis of CD11b and CD163. E, Western blot analysis of M1 macrophage and M2 markers. F, ELISA analysis of inflammatory factors. The uncropped original western blot images are shown in Supplemental Digital Content 1 (see File 1, http://links.lww.com/JCVP/A991). si-TCF3 versus NC, *P ˂ 0.05, **P ˂ 0.01, ***P ˂ 0.001.
