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. 2017 Feb 17;7:42938. doi: 10.1038/srep42938

Figure 5. Effects of TNF-α on the activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in rat nucleus pulposus (NP) cells on day 1 and day 3.

Figure 5

A western blot assay indicated that p-Akt expression increased after TNF-α treatment which was dose-dependent on day 3. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3). *p < 0.05, vs. the control group; #p < 0.05, vs. the group with 10 ng/mL TNF-α and group with 20 ng/ml TNF-α; &p < 0.05, vs. the group with 10 ng/mL TNF-α.