Research Article

The Protective Effect of Beraprost Sodium on Diabetic Nephropathy by Inhibiting Inflammation and p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway in High-Fat Diet/Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 8

Western blot results of p-p38, t-p38, TNF-α, TGF-β1, MMP-9, COX-2, CREB, and FN in kidney tissues of rats in experiment (, ).

Optical density ratiosCN groupT2DM groupBPS group

p-p38 MAPK/-actin0.8683 ± 0.03881.3051 ± 0.27371.1326 ± 0.0663
t-p38 MAPK/-actin1.1202 ± 0.02631.1196 ± 0.02281.1029 ± 0.0184
TNF-/-actin1.010 ± 0.04581.2913 ± 0.02191.1060 ± 0.0220
TGF-1/-actin1.1074 ± 0.02251.1215 ± 0.27941.0832 ± 0.2881
MMP-9/-actin0.4862 ± 0.01210.9954 ± 0.02580.8375 ± 0.0796
COX-2/-actin0.7056 ± 0.03731.087 ± 0.01050.9017 ± 0.03756
CREB/-actin0.7996 ± 0.02581.199 ± 0.02380.9986 ± 0.0163
FN/-actin1.1235 ± 0.03391.2778 ± 0.02261.2017 ± 0.0224

and T2DM group and BPS group compared with CN group rats and and BPS group compared with the T2DM group.