Figure 7.
Protein levels of Bax, Beclin-1, and GRP78 in L2, RAOEC, and USMC cells treated with cyclic strain. A) representative bands from western blot analysis; B) levels of Bax; C) levels of Beclin-1; D) levels of GRP78. CS: cyclic strain; GRP78: glucose-regulated protein 78; L2 cells: rat alveolar epithelial cell line; RAOEC cells: rat aortic endothelial cell line; USMC cells: rat vascular smooth muscle cell line. *: p < 0.05 compared to Control; #: p < 0.05 compared to VILI. n = 6.