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Curcumin inhibits TGF-β2 induced α-SMA expression. Mouse lung fibroblasts were pretreated with curcumin (50 μM) or rosiglitazone (40 μM) for 2 h and then treated with TGF-β2 (10 ng/ml) for 24 h. Immunocytochemical analysis for α-SMA (green, middle panel) was performed, DAPI (blue, left panel) was used to visualize the nuclei, and merged images were shown in right panel. Cur, curcumin; Rosi, rosiglitazone. Bar: 20 μm.
