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. 2017 Jul 21;7:6134. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06463-x

Figure 5.

Figure 5

TNF-α and gap junction inhibitor induced actin rearrangement and focal adhesion formation. (A) HUVECs were treated with CBX and blebbistatin for 6 hours. The geometric means of the Young’s modulus of control group (n = 4), blebbistatin group (n = 5), CBX group (n = 5), and blebbistatin and CBX group (n = 5) were determined. Representative data from two experiments are shown. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; measured using a Tukey’s test followed by two-way ANOVA. (B) HUVECs were treated with CBX for 2 hours and then stimulated with TNF-α for 4 hours. F-actin (red) and nuclei (blue) were stained by rhodamine-phalloidin, and DAPI. Representative merged images from two experiments are shown. Scale bar showing 40 μm.