(A) Representative Western blots of pSTAT3, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL protein expression in Caco2-BBE cells stably overexpressing pEGFPN1-PHB (GFP-PHB) or empty vector and treated with 100 ng/ml IL-6 basolaterally for 1 hour. Blots were subsequently probed with anti-GFP to ensure transfection efficiency. (B-C) Co-immunoprecipitation of PHB and pSTAT3 using cell lysates described in (A). (D) PHB was immunoprecipitated from colon mucosal protein lysates from water- and AOM DSS-treated mice, followed by immunoblot for pSTAT3 expression. (E) Representative Western blots of total protein isolated from colonic mucosal strippings were probed with anti-Bcl-2, anti-Bcl-xL, anti-β-actin (loading control). Histograms show mean band densitometry ± SEM. n ≥ 5 per treatment. *P < 0.05,