Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ginsenoside Rg3 via NF-κB Pathway in A549 Cells and Human Asthmatic Lung Tissue

Figure 4

Suppressed NF-κB activation by Rg3 in human asthmatic airway epithelial tissues. (a) Human asthmatic lung tissue was treated with Dex for positive control or Rg3, and whole tissue lysates were prepared and then subjected to western blot analysis with anti-NF-κB phospho-p65 or anti-NF-κB p65 antibodies. Anti-β-actin antibody was used as an internal control. (b) Ratio of phospho-p65/p65 expression was measured by Image J program and represented as bar charts. Statistical significance was determined by unpaired test (one-tail) compared to Con (only PBS-treated asthmatic lung tissue). Values are means ± SEM; 0.05.

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