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. 2019 Mar 26;9:5184. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40163-y

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Expression of Mt-related factors and ROS production in STZ-PTECs by the addition of BM-MSC-Mt in vitro. (a) Expression of SOD2 and Bcl-2 in the Mt-enriched fraction of STZ-PTECs by the addition of BM-MSC-Mt for 24 h (n = 4 per group). Cropped images of immunoblots are shown; full-length blots are shown in Supplementary Fig. S7a. (b) Densitometric analysis of the expression of SOD2 in (a). Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. (n = 4 per group). *P < 0.05 STZ-PTECs-Mt (–) vs. STZ-PTECs-Mt (+) using the unpaired t-test. (c) Densitometric analysis of the expression of Bcl-2 in (a). Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. (n = 4 per group). *P < 0.05 STZ-PTECs-Mt (–) vs. STZ-PTECs-Mt (+) using the unpaired t-test. (d) Fluorescence images of ROS production in STZ-PTECs co-cultured with or without BM-MSC-Mt. Nuclei are counterstained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 50 μm. (e) Quantification of ROS production in STZ-PTECs by the addition of BM-MSC-Mt. Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. (n = 5 per group). *P < 0.05 STZ-PTECs-Mt (−) vs. STZ-PTECs-Mt (+) using the unpaired t-test.