[Retracted] Stretching Training Rehabilitation Has Potential to Alleviate Ankylosing Spondylitis in Mice by Inactivating the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

Figure 5

Western blot assay of the levels of target proteins involved in the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway: (a) TNF-α, IL-17, and β-catenin protein bands. (b) TNF-α, (c) IL-17, and (d) β-catenin quantified protein expression levels. The β-actin protein was used as an internal reference. Total protein was extracted from synovial cells from mice in four groups (normal, normal+stretching exercise, model, and model+stretching exercise). Cells in the model and model+stretching exercise groups were treated with LiCl or IWR. All experiments were performed in triplicates, and data are representative of three independent experiments. Data are presented as . Differences and comparisons between multiple groups were analysed using one-way ANOVA followed by a post hoc test (Tukey’s test). , , and vs. control; ^#, ^##, and ^### vs. model; ^& and ^&& vs. model+stretching exercise.

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