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Figure 6 | Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair

Figure 6

From: Human lung myofibroblast TGFβ1-dependent Smad2/3 signalling is Ca2+-dependent and regulated by KCa3.1 K+ channels

Figure 6

TGFβ1-dependent αSMA protein expression is attenuated by K Ca 3.1 channel block. (A) Flow cytometry measurements of αSMA expression in HLMFs show that the fold change in gMFI was significantly increased by TGFβ1 (10 ng/ml) (NFC n = 3, IPF n = 4, data pooled for statistical analysis). TRAM-34 (20 and 200nM) dose-dependently decreased TGFβ1-induced αSMA expression. (B) Similarly, ICA-17043 (10 and 100nM) significantly reduced TGFβ1-induced αSMA expression. (C) Representative fluorescent histogram showing αSMA expression in HLMFs under the above conditions. Results are represented as mean ± SEM. # P < 0.05 (paired t test); *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 (corrected by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test).

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