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. 2019 Mar 1;19:e4.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The effect of butyrate combined with DHA on mRNA expression of α-SMA (a), collagen III (b), collagen I (c), and TGF-β1 (d) in HDFs. HDFs were exposed for 24 hours to the indicated concentrations of butyrate with 100 μM DHA or to 16 mM butyrate without DHA. Data from 3 independent experiments were used to calculate mean values and SEMs. *P < .05, **P < .01 as compared with control cultures; #P < .01 in comparison with butyrate alone (Tukey-Kramer post hoc test). DHA indicates docosahexaenoic acid; α-SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor β1; and HDF, human dermal fibroblast.