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Figure 4

From: Inhibition of IFN-γ-dependent antiviral airway epithelial defense by cigarette smoke

Figure 4

Cigarette smoke extract has a delayed effect on epithelial cell Stat1 activation. A: Tyrosine-701 phosphorylated and total Stat1, and β-actin levels were assessed using immunoblot analysis of extracts from hTBE cells that were first treated with media without or with CSE at the indicated concentrations for 4 hours, followed by incubation for 8 hours in media containing the same CSE concentration without or with IFN-γ. Protein levels were quantified using band densitometry of immunoblot analyses from separate experiments with the value for cells not exposed to CSE but treated with IFN-γ set at 1 in each experiment. Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. (n = 3 experiments) in the bar graph adjacent to a representative immunoblot analysis, and a significant difference (p < 0.05) in IFN-γ-induced levels between cells treated versus not treated with CSE is indicated by an asterisk. B: Tyrosine-701 phosphorylated and total Stat1, and β-actin levels were assessed using immunoblot analysis of extracts from hTBE cells that were first treated with media without or with CSE at the indicated concentrations for 12 hours, followed by incubation for 30 minutes in media containing the same CSE concentration without or with IFN-γ. C: Tyrosine-701 phosphorylated and total Stat1, and β-actin levels were assessed using immunoblot analysis of extracts from hTBE cells that were first treated with media without or with CSE at the indicated concentrations for 12 hours, followed by incubation for 30 minutes in media without or with IFN-γ that had been preincubated without or with the same CSE concentration alone for 8 hours.

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