Fig. 7

MenSC transplantation promotes lung repair and reduced the expression of fibrosis-related proteins. a Representative immunohistochemistry images for TGF-β1, fibronectin, E-cadherin, CTGF, a-SMA, and Pro-SPC (n = 3). Scale bar: 100 μm. b Western blot analysis protein levels of P-Smad3, Smad3, Cleaved caspase3, Bcl2, Bax, and GAPDH in the lung tissues of three different groups (n = 3). c Fibronectin, E-cadherin, TGF-β1, a-SMA, CTGF, and β-actin in the lung tissues of three different groups (n = 3). Error bars indicate standard deviation of three biological replicates undergoing independent experiments. *p < 0.05 by one-way analysis of variance