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. 2021 Jan 13;11:850. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79664-6

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Suppressive effects of prostaglandin E synthase (PTGES) siRNA in IFN-γ-treated MSCs on the phenotypic change of macrophages from M1 to M2. (a) THP-1 monocytes were stimulated by PMA for 48 h and then incubated with CM from IFN-γ-treated hMSCs transfected with negative control (NC) siRNA or PTGES siRNA. After 48 h, the cells were collected and subjected to western blot analysis of CD163 and CD68. CD163 protein levels were normalized to GAPDH and CD68 levels (n = 5 in each group). The blots are the cropped images from different parts of the same gel. Full-length gel images are provided in the supplementary file. The samples derive from the same experiment and that gels were processed in parallel. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.