Curcumin Inhibits Proliferation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Lens Epithelial Cells through Multiple Pathways

Figure 1

Curcumin treatments inhibited proliferation and increased apoptosis of LEC cells. (a) LECs were treated with curcumin (0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 μM) for 72 h, and cell viabilities were assessed with an MTT assay in different time points. (b) LEC apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry using the MultiCaspase Kit after treatment with curcumin (0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 μM) for 48 h. (c) A histogram of cell viability and cell apoptosis in (b) is shown. vs. cells treated without curcumin.

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