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Figure 3

From: Altered expression of membrane-bound and soluble CD95/Fas contributes to the resistance of fibrotic lung fibroblasts to FasL induced apoptosis

Figure 3

Expression of soluble and surface-bound Fas in normal and fibrotic lung fibroblasts.A: Increased levels of Fas-mRNA were found in fibrotic fibroblasts (circles) in comparison to non-fibrotic fibroblasts (squares). Fas-mRNA levels were measured using quantitative RT-PCR. B: Fas surface expression on isolated fibroblasts. Representative histograms of Fas-immunostaining on isolated fibroblasts (solid line). The specificity of the immunostaining was shown using irrelevant isotype-matched control antibodies (dotted line). Non-fibrotic fibroblasts (upper panel) expressed more surface bound Fas than fibrotic fibroblasts (lower panel). C: Cumulative data of all analysed samples showed that the percentages of Fas-positive cells (left panel) as well as the mean fluorescence intensities (right panel) were lower in fibrotic fibroblasts (circles) compared to non-fibrotic fibroblasts (squares). The results are represented as mean ± SEM. D: Increased concentration of soluble Fas in the supernatant of fibrotic fibroblasts (circles) in comparison to non-fibrotic fibroblasts (squares). The concentration of soluble Fas was measured by ELISA. The results are represented as mean ± SEM, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.

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