Components of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade are activated in hepatic cells by Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode

Figure 1 ERK1/2 (A) and p38 (B) activation in liver samples from five AE patients. Western immunoblot analyses were performed on lysates with antibodies that recognize phosphorylated and total ERK1/2 respectively (A), and phosphorylated- and total p38, respectively (B). Close: Liver samples close to the parasitic lesions in AE patients; Distant: Liver samples distant from the parasitic lesions in AE patients.