Research Article
Heme Oxygenase-1-Modified Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined with Normothermic Machine Perfusion Repairs Bile Duct Injury in a Rat Model of DCD Liver Transplantation via Activation of Peribiliary Glands through the Wnt Pathway
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Changes in the proliferative activity and stemness of PBG cells after inhibition of the Wnt signal pathway. (a) Relative levels of VEGF, PCNA, caspase-3, and cleaved caspase-3 in each group were detected using western blotting (). Relative levels of Nanog, SOX9, and CFTR in each group were detected by western blotting (b) and PCR (c) (). Immunofluorescence staining showed that XAV-939 effectively degraded β-catenin and downregulated expression of Nanog (d) and VEGF (e) at the same time. , , and . PBG: peribiliary gland; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; PCNA: proliferating cell nuclear antigen; SOX9: SRY-box transcription factor 9; CFTR: cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.
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