Fig. 4.

MSCs’ effect on cytokine-exposed rat islet’s NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone 1) expression. a Transcripts were measured by RT-PCR and values were normalized on HPRT. b Blot signals were normalized with Ponceau S staining of the whole. Data are representative of six independent experiments for RT-PCR analysis and eight for western blot analysis and are represented as median ± interquartile (ANOVA; *p < 0.05 vs. respective controls and #p < 0.05 vs. stressed islets alone)