Figure 7.
Gene and protein expression of apoptosis-related pathways in mice kidney (n = 8, mean with SEM). (a) relative mRNA expression levels of apoptosis-related genes Bax, Bcl-2, Caspase-3, and Caspase-9; (b) protein expression of apoptosis-related pathways, including Bcl-2, Bax, Cleaved Caspase-3 and Cyt-c. ‘*’ (p < 0.05) and ‘**’ (p < 0.01) represents significant or highly significant difference related to the control, repectively. ‘#’ (p < 0.05) and ‘##’ (p < 0.01) means difference or extremely difference, respectively, compared with the AFB1 group.