Protective effect of hUC-MSCs regulating peritoneal mesothelial cell EMT through cGAS-STING signaling pathway in high glucose-induced peritoneal fibrosis

Figure 7 Effect of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells on fibrosis-related protein expression in mouse peritoneal tissues. A-F: Alpha-smooth muscle actin (A and B); vimentin (C and D); and epithelial cadherin (E and F) expression detected by immunohistochemistry; G: Representative western blot bands; H-J: Quantitative analysis of protein expression: Alpha-smooth muscle actin (H); vimentin (I); epithelial cadherin (J). Data are presented as mean ± SD. ^aP < 0.05 vs control; ^bP < 0.05 vs peritoneal fibrosis. hUC-MSCs: Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells; α-SMA: Alpha-smooth muscle actin; E-cadherin: Epithelial cadherin; PF: Peritoneal fibrosis.