Amelioration of Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Asthma by Juglans regia via Downregulation of Inflammatory Cytokines and Upregulation of Aquaporin-1 and Aquaporin-5 in Mice

Figure 3

Relative mRNA expression levels of TNF-α, IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13, AQP-1 and AQP-5, NF-kB, and TGF-β by PCR. TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-4, interleukin-4; IL-5, interleukin-5; IL-13, interleukin-13; AQP-1, aquaporin-1; AQP-5, aquaporin-5; NF-kβ, nuclear factor kappa-B;TGF-β, transforming growth factor beta; NC, normal control; DC, diseased control; JM, methanol extract of Juglans regia; JN, n-hexane extract of J. regia; JE, ethyl acetate extract of J. regia; MP, methylprednisolone treated.