Quercetin Reduces Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis by Inhibiting HMGB1 and Its Translocation, Thereby Alleviating Liver Injury in ACLF Rats

Figure 4

Effects of Que on apoptosis in ACLF rats. (a, c) Representative stainings and positive cells of TUNEL assays. The positive cells were counted in 10 random fields at 400X magnification, and 3 sections of each sample were analyzed, representative of 5–10 rats/group, scale bar: 50 μm. (b, d, e, f) Representative western blot analyses of apoptosis-related proteins (Bax, Bcl-2, Pro-caspase-9, caspase-9, Pro-caspase-3, and caspase-3). Data are presented as the mean ± SD (, ). The blots shown are representative of 3 independent experiments.

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