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Figure 4

From: Krüppel-like Factor 5 contributes to pulmonary artery smooth muscle proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in human pulmonary arterial hypertension

Figure 4

KLF5 inhibition promotes apoptosis. A) Mitochondrial membrane potential was measured by TMRM in confocal microscopy. PAH- PASMC are more hyperpolarized than control (more red) and KLF5 inhibition (siRNA) depolarized PAH-PASMC. B&C) Apoptosis was also evaluated by TUNEL and Annexin V staining in PASMC. PAH-PASMC are more resistant to starvation induced apoptosis (0, 1%FBS) than control PASMC. KLF5 inhibition in PAH-PASMC promotes apoptosis. D) Survivin expression (measured by Western blot) is increased in PAH-PASMC compared to control cells and KLF5 inhibition (siRNA) decreased survivin expression. Western blot were normalized to SM-actin (*, P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.001).

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Respiratory Research

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