Buyang Huanwu Decoction Ameliorates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats via Downregulation of Related Protein and Gene Expression

Figure 4

The expression level of p-AKT. Determination of p-AKT and CTGF protein expression level by western blot. Compared with the B group (); compared with the M group (, ); compared with the Mp group (, ). B: the blank control group that is not induced into pulmonary fibrosis. M: the model control group that has been induced into pulmonary fibrosis and treated by 0.9% normal saline. Mp: the positive medicine control group that is treated by methylprednisolone. Hd: the high-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction group that is treated by high-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction. Md: the moderate-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction group that is treated by moderate-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction. Ld: the low-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction group that is treated by low-dose Buyang Huanwu decoction.