Figure 3.
Pro-fibrotic and anti-fibrotic response in lungs of BLM treated mice
(A) Immunoblot of lung extracellular fibrosis proteins Fn1 and Vim and epithelial marker E-cad during BLM-induced lung fibrosis.
(B–D) Scatterplots of densitometry analysis of Fn1, Vim, and E-cad at 7 d post-BLM.
(E) Immunoblot of lung nuclear proteins CCN5, Smad7, and phosphorylated Smad2 and 3 as targets for Smad7 during BLM-induced lung fibrosis.
(F–I) Scatterplots of densitometry analysis of CCN5, pSmad2, pSmad3, and Smad7 at 7 d. N = 6 in each group and data expressed as mean ± SD. ∗P < 0.05 compared with the ReCORM and iCORM group, †P < 0.05 ReCORM + BLM vs BLM group.