Therapeutic Effect of Catgut Implantation at Acupoint in a Mouse Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Suppressing Immune Escape

Figure 3

Effect of CIAA on the expression of AFP and AKT in HCC mice. (a) AFP protein expression and distribution in live tissue (scale bar = 100 μm); (b) AFP and AKT pathway protein expression in the liver tissue; (c) protein level relative expression of the western blot (data were presented as the mean ± standard deviation.  < 0.001, normalized to β-actin); (d) AFP mRNA expression in the liver tissue (control vs. HCC,  < 0.001; HCC vs. CIAA,  < 0.01; control vs. CIAA,  < 0.001).

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