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. 2018 Apr 24;9(31):21770–21782. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.24985

Figure 5. Western blot analysis of apoptosis-related protein expression.

Figure 5

Results shown represent the average ± SEM from experiments performed in triplicate. (A) Equal amounts of protein from testis tissue lysates were analyzed for expression of the indicated proteins. (B, E-G) Bax, cytochrome C, and caspase-9 and -3 were upregulated, whereas (C) Bcl-2 was downregulated in oligoasthenospermia model rats; this effect was reversed by QLP treatment. (D) Bax/Bcl-2 ratio was increased in the model rats and decreased in QLP-treated rats. All data are presented as the mean ± SEM of three experiments. *P<0.05 vs. Control, **P<0.05 vs. Model, ***P<0.05 vs. Low-dose QLPs.