Research Article

Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12 Attenuates Macrophage Aging Induced by D-Galactose and Promotes M2 Macrophage Polarization

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Effects of D-gal on J774A.1 macrophage senescence. (a) SA-β-gal staining. With the increase in D-gal concentration, the number of SA-β-gal-positive cells increases in the 1 and 10 g/L D-gal group. . (b) SA-β-gal staining cell quantification. The total number of SA-β-gal-positive cells among 100 random cells was determined through phase-contrast microscopy. The results showed that the number of SA-β-gal-positive J774A.1 cells/100 cells in the 1.0 and 10.0 D-gal groups remarkably increased compared with that in the control group (, ). (c) Western blot analysis of p53 and p16 expression levels. The p53 and p16 expression levels were gradually higher in the 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 g/L D-gal groups compared with those in the control group. β-Actin was used as the internal control.
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