Traditional Herbal Medicine, Rikkunshito, Induces HSP60 and Enhances Cytoprotection of Small Intestinal Mucosal Cells as a Nontoxic Chaperone Inducer

Figure 3

Antiapoptotic ability. Hydrogen peroxide- or indomethacin-induced apoptosis evaluated by MTT assay (a, c) and caspase-8 activity (b, d) was significantly suppressed in TJ-43 pretreated IEC-6 cells compared with nontreated IEC-6 cells (control cells). Values are means ± SEM. *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01 compared with control cells.

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