Combined Extracts of Epimedii Folium and Ligustri Lucidi Fructus with Budesonide Attenuate Airway Remodeling in the Asthmatic Rats by Regulating Apoptosis and Autophagy

Figure 8

The crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis. (a) In physiological situations, the activities of autophagy and apoptosis are influenced by many molecular signaling pathways, and some protein can regulate both autophagy and apoptosis. (b) In ovalbumin-induced asthmatic rats, the activity of autophagy is increased whereas apoptosis is reduced through detecting the expressions of autophagy-related proteins and apoptosis-related proteins.

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