Fig. 7. Autophagy is involved in M1 transdifferentiation into LECs.
A Infiltrated macrophages (F4/80) in UUO and ADR mice exhibited different autophagy levels (LC3) (400×). B Primary BMDMs (M0, M1, and M2) were treated with or without VEGF-C, and the protein expression of autophagy-related markers (LC3 and p62) was measured by western blotting. C Immunofluorescence was used to show the effect of VEGF-C on autophagy in BMDM subtypes (400×). D, E M1 cells were treated with VEGF-C, siRNA targeting VEGF-C (Si-VEGF-C) and/or the VEGFR3 inhibitor SAR131675 (SAR-23/46 nM), and the protein expression of autophagy markers (LC3 and p62) was measured by western blotting. N = 6/group.