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. 2018 Oct 29;8:15922. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34156-6

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Protective effects of maltol on cisplatin-induced injury in HEK293 cells. (A) The cytotoxic effects of cisplatin on HEK293 cells. (B) Effect of maltol on the activity of normal cells. (C) The viability of HEK293 cells incubated with maltol after cisplatin exposure. Effects of maltol on the protein expression levels of Bcl-2, Bax and caspase 3, 8, 9 as well as GAPDH protein was used as a loading control. (D) Cells were used for western blot analysis of indicated proteins (upper panel). Column chart represents relative protein levels compared with the control group after normalization to GAPDH levels (lower panel) Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. n = 8. **p < 0.01 vs. normal group; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01 vs. cisplatin group.