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. 2022 Sep 7;13:961909. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.961909

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Stattic inhibited STAT3 and enhanced the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptosis effects in EA pre-treatment sepsis mice. (A,B) Serum concentrations of TNF-α and IL-1β. (C,D) mRNA expression of Tnf-α and Il-1β. (E) Representative images of western blots forBAX,Bcl2, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, and GAPDH. (F) BAX/Bcl2 ratio. (G–I) Quantitative results of IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β. (J–K) TUNEL staining and Quantitative analysis, apoptosis positive cells (red), nuclei (blue). N = 4 per group. EA, electroacupuncture; LPS, lipopolysaccharide. *p < 0.05 vs. control group, # p < 0.05 vs. LPS group, p < 0.05 vs. LPS + EA group.