Figure 7.
Effect of an ERK-specific inhibitor (SCH 772984) on phenotypic markers of EMT under hypoxia; DAPI (blue), vimentin (green, upper), α-SMA (green, lower), AFAP (red, upper), α-tubulin (red, lower). (A) Increased expression of AFAP under hypoxia for 12 h were reduced after the treatment of ERK inhibitors. (B) Increased expression of α-tubulin under hypoxia for 12 h were reduced after the treatment of ERK inhibitors. Results are representative of three independent experiments, scale bar = 50 µM.