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Representative photographs of cell morphology. (a) HK-2 treated with media only; (b) HK-2 treated with TGF-β1 (10 ng/mL); (c) HK-2 treated with TGF-β1 (10 ng/mL) and UA (10 μM); (d) HK-2 treated with TGF-β1 (10 ng/mL) and UA (50 μM). (e) Western blot analysis for E-cadherin and α-SMA. (f, g) Semiquantitative analysis for protein expression of E-cadherin and α-SMA. *p < 0.05 VS. C, †p < 0.05 VS. T. Scale bar = 400 μm.
