Fig. 6.

Effects of EGCG pretreatment on the NF-κΒ activation after renal IRI. Western blot analysis was employed to the expression of IκB-α and p65. a A representative result for Western blot analysis of IκB-α, p-IκB-α, p-p65 and p65. b Semiquantitative analysis of ten animals studied in each group. The relative amounts of IκB-α and p-IκB-α in each group of rats were normalized by β-actin; the relative amounts of p65 and p-p65 in each group of rats were normalized by β-actin and presented as a ratio of p-p65 to p65. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01 (IRI vs. sham); ^# P < 0.05 (EGCG vs. IRI)