Retinoic acid receptor α promotes autophagy to alleviate liver ischemia and reperfusion injury

Figure 3 Autophagy is promoted by all-trans retinoic acid. A: Western blot assessment of RARα, Foxo3a, p-Akt, Foxo1, and β-actin expression levels; B: Western blot analysis of Beclin1, LC3I/II, p62 and β-actin expression levels. Mean ± SD, n = 3-5/group, ^aP < 0.05 vs the sham group; ^bP < 0.05 vs the IR 6 h group. IR: Ischemia and reperfusion; ATRA: All-trans retinoic acid.