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. 2017 Sep 6;7:10602. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10894-x

Figure 4.

Figure 4

IL-33 induces Akt/eNOS activation and NO production via ST2/TRAF6. (A,B) After transfection with an ST2- or TRAF6-specific siRNA, HDLECs were treated with IL-33 (20 ng/mL, 30 minutes). Akt and eNOS phosphorylation were detected by Western blotting. (C,D) After transfection with the ST2- or TRAF6-specific siRNA, HDLECs were treated with IL-33 (20 ng/mL, 4 hours) and incubated with DAF-FM DA for 1 hour. Relative intracellular NO levels were determined from the fluorescence intensity of DAF-FM. Three independent experiments were performed in duplicate. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Full-length blots are presented in Supplementary Figure S4.