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. 2021 Aug 16;11:16525. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96152-7

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Paricalcitol blocks BLM induction of pro-fibrotic proteins in the lung. (A) Real-time RT-PCR quantitation of mRNA expressions of pro-fibrotic genes. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, versus CON group; &&&P < 0.001, versus Pari group; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001, versus BLM group; by two-way ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA (for Col I levels). n = 3–4. (B,C) Western blot analysis (B) and densitometric quantitation (C) of α-SMA, TGF-β1, Col I and FN proteins in the lung lysates. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, versus CON group; &&P < 0.01, versus Pari group; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001, versus BLM group; by two-way ANOVA. n = 5–7 each group.