Research Article

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

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Effect of TSP overexpression on macrophage polarization 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 expression of M2 (Agr-1 and Egr-2) (a, c) and M1 (CD38 and Fpr-2) (e, g) macrophage markers using Western blot analysis. β-Actin expression served as the loading control. The bar graphs in (b, d, f, and h) show the expression of these markers normalized to β-actin. 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 TSP-1 transfected group ( per group).
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