Fig. 4.

Inhibition of specific NF-қB expression in the operated conjunctiva treated with VPA. Operated conjunctival tissues were harvested from eyes treated with PBS or VPA for 2 days and subjected to immunoblot assay for NF-қB proteins. a Immunoblots of three PBS- or VPA-treated samples were probed for the indicated proteins (n = 3). Each sample was pooled from the operated conjunctiva of five independent eyes. GAPDH was used to indicate protein loading. b Densitometric analyses of NF-қB expression. Densitometric values were normalized against corresponding GAPDH and presented as ratios of the NF-қB and GAPDH units. The mean densitometric ratio ± SD is shown. Where significant, the fold reduction in mean NF-қB expression in VPA compared to PBS treatment is shown. *p < 0.05