Research Article

Contribution of Thrombospondin-1 and -2 to Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Effect of TSP overexpression on PI3K signaling in vivo. Mouse protein lysates from normal mice or mice treated with LPS for 4, 12, 24, and 72 h and overexpressing either empty vector (vehicle group), TSP-1 (TSP-1 group), or TSP-2 (TSP-2 group) were analyzed for p85 (a), p-Akt, and total Akt (c) expression using Western blot analysis. β-Actin expression served as the loading control. (b, e, and f) Bar graphs are shown after normalizing the expression of p85, total Akt, and p-Akt to β-actin. (d) Bar graph for p-Akt expression is shown after normalizing to total Akt expression. The percentage of detected protein/actin is shown as . value of < 0.05 represents significant difference. a compared with normal control; b compared with vehicle group; c compared with the TSP-1 transfected group ( per group).
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