Figure 7.
AK046375 maintains BBB integrity and decreases brain water content in mice on 7 days after TBI. (a) Western blotting results of ZO1, occludin, and claudin-5 in each group and quantification (n = 6/group, mean ± SD). (b) Brain water content in each group after TBI (n = 6/group, mean ± SD). (c, d) Fluorescence of Evans blue and Evans blue extravasation in each group around the injury site (n = 12/group, mean ± SD) (scale bar = 50 μm, 200x) (∗P < 0.05 vs. the overexpression vector group, &P < 0.05 vs. the knockdown vector group by one-way ANOVA).