Research Article

The Heat Shock Protein 70 Plays a Protective Role in Sepsis by Maintenance of the Endothelial Permeability

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HSP70 agonist could alleviate the effects induced by LPS. (a) CCK-8 assay was used to measure cell viability in HUVEC under treatments with LPS and/or different concentrations of TRC051384. (b) ELISA was used to detect the productions of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α after treatments. (c, d) Endothelial permeability was measured using TEER assay and FITC-Dextrans. (e) Expression levels of HSP70, E-cadherin, occludin, ZO-1, p38, and p-p38 were analyzed by western blot. vs. control; +; +++ vs. LPS.
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