HLA-G Dimers in the Prolongation of Kidney Allograft Survival
Figure 3
Gelatin zymography of human plasma from kidney transplant patients. Bradford protein assay was used to quantify the amount of plasma needed for zymography that was then loaded onto gelatin gels. The gels were scanned and analyzed using imageJ. (a) Representative gels are of MMP-2 and MMP-9 from patients with no rejection (NR) and patients with chronic rejection (CR). (b) Mean relative band density of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in NR ( = 50) and CR ( = 17) patients was measured by densitometry. Statistics are shown as mean ± SEM. (c, d) Graphical representation of Figure 3(b). The value was calculated using Student’s -test. NS: not significant.
