Hyperglycemia-induced overexpression of CREB3 L3 promotes the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in bladder urothelial cells in diabetes mellitus

Figure 7 cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 Like 3 continuously induces the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and impairs cellular tight junctions with the progression of diabetic cystopathy. At the end of 8 weeks, immunofluorescence staining of cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 Like 3 (CREB3 L3), N-cadherin, E-cadherin, claudin 1, and occludin proteins in the bladder urothelial tissues from each group. Each group contained three replicates. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. ^aP < 0.05 vs negative control (NC) group, ^bP < 0.01 vs NC group, ^cP < 0.001 vs NC group, ^dP < 0.0001 vs NC group; ^eP < 0.05 vs diabetes mellitus (DM) group, ^fP < 0.01 vs DM group, ^gP < 0.001 vs DM group.