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. 2022 Mar 4;2022:3613319. doi: 10.1155/2022/3613319

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Miro1 knockdown decreases the efficiency of apoptosis rescue in NPCs. (a) Flow cytometric analysis of the apoptosis rates of NPCs cocultured with BMSCmiroLo. (b) Histogram showing the apoptosis rate. Means ± SD, n = 4. (c) Representative Western blots showing the expression of cleaved caspase-9, Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and Bcl-2 in NPCs cocultured with BMSCmiroLo. (d) Relative protein levels of cleaved caspase-9, Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and Bcl-2. Means ± SD, n = 3. P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001, and ∗∗∗∗P < 0.0001. BMSCs: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; BMSCmiroCc: control adenovirus-transfected BMSCs; BMSCmiroLo: BMSCs transfected with adenovirus carrying Rhot1 shRNA; NPCs: nucleus pulposus cells; rot: rotenone.