Fig. 5. Activation of autophagic flux restores cell viability.
A The cell viability of alveolar epithelial cells with different treatments. B Western blot images of autophagy signaling and cell death markers expression in alveolar epithelial cells with different treatments. C The mRNA level of Sirt1 in alveolar epithelial cells. D Western blot images of SIRT1 expression in alveolar epithelial cells. E Representative fluorescent images of alveolar epithelial cells transfected with mCherry-EGFP-LC3B and treated with NETs or NETs+SRT1720. Scale bar: 10 µm. Each bar shows means ± SEM. The data comparison between two groups was analyzed based on unpaired t-test. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 versus the control group. #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01 versus the NETs group.