Potential Mechanisms Responsible for the Antinephrolithic Effects of an Aqueous Extract of Fructus Aurantii

Figure 6

Western blots for OPN expression. (a) Analysis of OPN protein expression in the SD rat kidney was conducted using conventional western blotting. GAPDH was used as the internal control. The following groups are shown: (1) control group, (2) EG group, (3) EG + TFa220 group, (4) EG + TFa660 group, (5) EG + PFa220 group, and (6) EG + PFa660 group. (b) Quantitative densitometric analysis of OPN protein levels. The values are reported as the mean ± SD of three experiments ( when compared with the control, when compared with the EG group, and for the EG + PFa660 group compared with the EG + PFa220 group).

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