Figure 4.

Administration of CQ partially reversed apoptosis alleviation caused by decompression after SCI. A‐D, Western blotting and quantitative analysis of changes in Bcl‐2 and Bax expression in rabbits. The data are presented as the means ± SDs, n = 3. One‐way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001 and ****P < .0001. E‐G, PCR of the levels of Bcl‐2 and Bax mRNA in rabbits. The data are presented as the means ± SDs, n = 3. One‐way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001 and ****P < .0001. H and I, Representative images and the quantitative analysis of spinal cord transverse sections stained with TUNEL in rabbits. The red arrows indicate TUNEL‐positive cells. Scale bar = 100 μm. The TUNEL‐positive cell percentage in the ventral horn of the spinal cord was quantified. n = 5. One‐way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test. *P < .05, **P < .01 and ****P < .0001