Fig. 2.

Time course of cyclic stretch-induced degradation of p120 protein in alveolar epithelial cells. MLE-12 epithelial cells were exposed to 20% cyclic stretch for 0, 1, 2, and 4 h. p120 and E-cadherin protein expressions were determined by Western blot analysis. A: representative Western blots of p120 and E-cadherin protein expressions. B: the density of proteins in control (static) group was used as a standard (1 arbitrary unit) to compare relative densities in the other groups. *P < 0.05, compared with control groups (static). Data are representative of 3 independent experiments.