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. 2017 Oct 27;7:14272. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14612-5

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis was associated with ER stress activation. Mice with intratracheal administration of bleomycin (2 U/kg) or saline (vehicle) were sacrificed 14 days later and the lung specimens were harvested for (A Left) histological analysis with HE, Picro Sirius red and Masson’s trichrome staining followed by (A Right) quantification, (B) The results of total collagen assay, (C) Western blot analysis (Cropped blots are displayed; Full-length blots are presented in Supplementary Figure, labeled Figure S1), and (D) immunofluorescence for the expression of proteins associated with ER stress activation.