Research Article

Interleukin 10 Gene-Modified Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells Attenuate Liver Fibrosis in Mice by Inducing Regulatory T Cells and Inhibiting the TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway

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Effect of DC-IL10 on the TGF-β/smad signaling pathway. DC-IL10 treatment significantly decreased the expression of TGF-β1, α-SMA, smad2, and smad3 and increased the smad7 expression than the model group and DC-mock treatment group ( for all). Data are normalized to GAPDH protein expression levels. Data represent of 8 mice in each group. GAPDH: glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. G1: control group (); G2: model group (); G3: DC-mock-treated group (); G4: DC-IL10-treated group ().
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