Fig. 11.
a P-STAT3 expression was higher in HPMCs treated with IL-17A than in the control. There was no increase in the expression of p-Smad2/3 in either the IL-17A-treated group or the control group. b E-cadherin expression was higher in HPMCs treated with IL-17A and Sttatic than those treated with IL-17A only. P-STAT3, Vimentin, and α-SMA expression was attenuated in HPMCs treated with IL-17A and Sttatic. c, d Densitometry analyses of p-STAT3 and α-SMA were performed in three independent experiments; data are expressed as the mean ± SD