Presence of Stromal Cells Enhances Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Induction in Lung Bronchial Epithelium after Protracted Exposure to Oxidative Stress of Gamma Radiation

Figure 2

Western blotting analyses of EMT marker expression (a, b) in BEAS-2B and (c, d) HBEC-3KT cells chronically irradiated to a total dose of (a, c) 0.1 (at 1.4 mGy/h) or (b, d) 1 Gy (at 14 mGy/h). Representative western blot analyses of fibronectin expression (a–d, left side blots) and E-cadherin expression (a–d, right side blots). The graphs below are results of quantification of the protein expression as described in Materials and Methods. Error bars—standard deviation, comparison to untreated control. , one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s posttest ().

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