Research Article
Metformin Improves Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by TGF-β1 in Renal Tubular Epithelial NRK-52E Cells via Inhibiting Egr-1
Figure 5
Metformin inhibiting the expression of Egr-1 induced by TGF-β1 in NRK-52E cells. NRK-52E cells were treated by 10 ng/ml TGF-β1 with or without metformin. (a) The mRNA expressions of Egr-1 induced by TGF-β1 was suppressed by metformin. (b, c) The protein expression of Egr-1 induced by TGF-β1 was inhibited by metformin. Values are shown as mean ± SD. for each group. and versus control group. versus TGF-β1 group.
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |