Research Article

3β-Acetyloxy-oleanolic Acid Attenuates Pristane-Induced Lupus Nephritis by Regulating Th17 Differentiation

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AOA dose-dependent inhibition of Th17 differentiation. Native CD4+CD25- T cells were subjected to Th17 cell differentiation protocols as described in Materials and Methods. (a) Flow cytometry analyzing intracellular IL-17A in native CD4+CD25- T cells with AOA (0.625, 2.5, and 10 μM) under mouse Th17 cell differentiation conditions. (b) The rate of inhibition was calculated vs. DMSO group. (c–e) IL-17A, IL-17F, and IL-22 expression was quantified and normalized to GAPDH. The in vitro differentiation and quantitative real-time PCR were repeated 3 times with consistent results. The results are shown as . , , and .
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