Figure 2.
Vactosertib inhibits TGF-β/Smad signaling. (A) Fluorescence immunohistochemistry assay of p-SMAD2/3 in irradiated primary tumors and lung of 4T1-Luc allografted BALB/c syngeneic mice. Protein expression of p-SMAD2/3 was detected by fluorescence immunohistochemistry (magnification: 20×, scale bar: 50 μm). In confocal images, bright green fluorescence indicated p-SMAD2/3. Representative images are shown from three independent experiments. (B) Protein expression of p-SMAD2/3 was detected in 4T1-Luc cells by western blot analysis. Protein expression was normalized by that of GAPDH.