The Chondroprotective Role of TMF in PGE₂-Induced Apoptosis Associating with Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

Figure 1

TMF inhibited chondrocytes apoptosis induced by 1 μM PGE₂. The normal chondrocytes were incubated for 48 h. In the control group (a), chondrocytes were incubated with no medicines. Model group (b) was the normal chondrocytes incubated with 1 μM PGE₂. Figures (c)–(e) were the groups incubated with 1 μM PGE₂ and 5, 10, and 20 μg/mL TMF, respectively. Figure (f) was the summarized data obtained from tunnel staining to indicate the rate of apoptosis cells. Data were expressed by mean ± SD of 4 replicates. as compared with control.

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