Fig. 3.

Effect of vanillic acid on MMP-2, 9 and cyclin D1 protein expression in endometrium of control and MNNG induced rats. MMP-2, 9, cyclin D1 and β-actin expression by western blot. Lane 1 Control rats. Lane 2: VA. Lane 3: MNNG. Lane 4: VA + MNNG pretreated. Lane 5: MNNG + VA co-treatment. Band intensity scanned by densitometer. Group I Control rats; Group II VA; Group III MNNG; Group IV VA + MNNG (pre-treatment); Group V MNNG + VA (co-treatment). Histograms from densitometric analysis expressed as ratio and given as mean ± SD from six rats in each group. Values not sharing a common superscript differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT)