The Effects of Xiangqing Anodyne Spray on Treating Acute Soft-Tissue Injury Mainly Depend on Suppressing Activations of AKT and p38 Pathways

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Effects of XQAS on inflammation-related agents with expressions of TNF-α ((a), left) and IL-1β ((a), right), mRNA and their levels (b), expressions of COX-2 ((c), left) and iNOS ((c), right), and levels of PGE-2 ((d), left) and NO ((d), right) and on oxidative stress-related agents with MPO activity ((e), left), MDA levels ((e), middle), and SOD activity ((e), right) in the control (Ctrl), acute STI model (Mod), high-dose XQAS-treated (HXQAS), low-dose XQAS-treated (LXQAS), CPS-treated (CPS), and IHS-treated (IHS) group after modeling with or without repeated drug treatment for 8 h. The data of mRNA or protein expression were shown as mean ± SD ( per group), while the data of biochemical indicators were shown as mean ± SD ( per group). ; .

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