Figure 7.
ACT001 inhibits microglial activation markers expression induced by CCI. The lumbar spinal cords (L4-L6) were collected following the final behavioral testing shown in Figure 6 . These tissues were stained for microglial activation markers. (A-C) Representative immunofluorescence Iba1 images for the sham group (A), CCI group (B), and CCI + ACT001 group (C). (D-F) Representative images for sham group (D), CCI group (E), and CCI + ACT001 group (F) with high magnification (×60). (G-I) The quantification of Iba1 expression was shown as normalized fluorescence intensity (G), number (H), and size of (I) microglia. Scale bar = 200 μm. All the data represented mean ± SEM. #P< 0.05, ##P< 0.01 versus the sham group; *P< 0.05, **P< 0.01 versus the CCI group.