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. 2009 Jan 9;15(6):1373–1380. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0169

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3.

Representative western blots and ELISA analysis of EEECT p38MAPK and Akt expression following mechanical stretch stimulation and/or p38MAPK inhibition. Stimulation or inhibition did not change β-actin, α-actinin, or p38MAPK nonphosphorylated expression. Stretch stimulation increased EEECT phosphorylated p38MAPK and phosphorylated Akt expression, while inhibition and concurrent stretch and inhibition decreased phosphorylated p38MAPK and phosphorylated Akt expression (A). Phosphorylated p38MAPK and Akt expression increased following 2 and 48 h of cyclic stretch, decreased following 2 and 48 h of p38MAPK inhibition, and decreased following 2 and 48 h of concurrent stretch and p38MAPK inhibition (B, C). *p < 0.05 versus normalized control EEECT expression.