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. 2021 Jan 8;11:181. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80476-x

Figure 4.

Figure 4

GenNLC-Dex-Mox hydrogel dose dependently inhibited SRA cell proliferation and EMT. The results of western blotting (a) and RT-PCR (b) both illustrated decreased expression of α-SMA in lens epithelial cells treated by the GenNLC-Dex-Mox thermoresponsive in situ gel in a dose-dependent manner. (c,d) PCNA and Ki-67 are cell proliferation-associated proteins. The GenNLC-Dex-Mox hydrogel treatment dose-dependently reduced the expression levels of PCNA as well as those of Ki-67. (e) Immunofluorescence illustrated the same trends of decreased expression of α-SMA protein in lens epithelial cells treated by increasing doses of the GenNLC-Dex-Mox thermoresponsive in situ gel. Results are shown as mean ± SD (n = 3). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.