Capsaicin Prevents Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury through Activation of Nrf2 in Mice

Figure 2

Capsaicin prevents renal tubular cell apoptosis in CA-AKI. (a) Representative immunohistochemistry staining of TUNEL in sections of the kidney from mice in the control, CA-AKI, CA-AKI+vehicle, and CA-AKI+CAP groups. Quantification of TUNEL-positive cells (b) and representative Western blotting bands and protein expression quantification of cleaved caspase-3 (c), Bax (d), and Bcl-2 (e) in the kidney of mice in the control, CA-AKI, CA-AKI+vehicle, and CA-AKI+CAP groups. Data are . in each group. vs. Ctrl; ^## vs. CA-AKI.

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