Cobrotoxin from Naja naja atra Venom Ameliorates Adriamycin Nephropathy in Rats

Figure 8

The effects of CTX on the levels of IL-10 and TGF-β in ADR nephropathy rats. Rats were treated as described in caption of Figure 1. Rats were killed at 6th week and IL-10 (a) and TGF-β (d) expressions in renal tissue homogenates were determined with Western blot analysis (). Quantitative analyses of IL-10 (b) and TGF-β (e) levels were performed with ImageJ software and normalized to GAPDH. IL-10 level in kidney tissue homogenates (c) was determined using ELISA kits. and compared with “Control” group. compared with “ADR + Saline” group.

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