Research Article
Paricalcitol Pretreatment Attenuates Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Prostaglandin E2 Receptor EP4 Pathway
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Paricalcitol upregulated the COX-2 and PGE2 pathway in HK-2 cells. (a) Semiquantitative immunoblotting revealed that paricalcitol significantly increased VDR and COX-2 expression in a dose-dependent manner. (b) RT-PCR results indicated that paricalcitol treatment did not affect expression of 15-PGDH and PGES. (c) The PGE2 level was significantly elevated in paricalcitol-treated cells compared to control cells. Each column represents the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. versus control.
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