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. 2017 Apr 11;7:812. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00845-x

Figure 2.

Figure 2

TGF-β induces phosphorylation of AKT in human TM cells. (A) Western blot analysis of AKT and its phosphorylation (pAKT- ser473) in TM cells treated with TGF-β2 (1, 5 or 10 ng/ml). Protein was extracted at 24 h. TGF-β receptor signaling was inhibited using SB431542 (SB; 20 μM). D7278- representative human donor. (B) Densitometry was performed on AKT and pAKT Western blot data using ImageJ software. Statistical significance was determined using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc. *p < 0.05. N = 3.