Inhibitory effects of AM extracts on c-Fos and NFATc1 expression in RAW 264.7 cells induced by RANKL. (a,b) AM extracts inhibited the expression of c-Fos and NFATc1; (c–f) Band intensities for c-Fos and NFATc1as percentages of the RANKL treated group (set as 100%), respectively for AM water and ethanol extracts. RANKL treated group was considered as 100% for densitometric analysis. Cells were exposed to RANKL (50 ng/mL) in the presence and absence of AM extracts for 3 days. The expression of the proteins were determined by Western blot analysis and Beta actin was used as loading control. All data are presented as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments performed with n = 3. *** p < 0.001 vs. RANKL treated group; and ##
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p < 0.001 vs. Con group. Con; positive control, (which was not treated), RANKL; negative control, (which was treated with only RANKL).