Figure 4.
Protective effect of bilirubin against ZnPP IX-induced apoptosis of AH136B cells. AH136B cells were incubated for 24 h with 100 μM ZnPP IX in the presence or absence of indicated concentrations of bilirubin. TUNEL-positive cells were counted in four different fields of magnification at × 100 per sample, and then the percentage of positive cells was calculated. **P<0.05 vs ZnPP IX alone (n=3 for each group). Data are means±s.e. See text for details.