Fig. 3
From: Role of human rhinovirus in triggering human airway epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Effects of exposure for 120 h to HRV-16 alone, TGF-β1 alone, and the combination on expression of mesenchymal markers in BEAS-2B cells. BEAS-2B cells were stimulated with medium, HRV-16, TGF-β1, and HRV-16 + TGF-β1 for 120 h. a Representative western blot for fibronectin. b Densitometry analysis for fibronectin (n = 11). c Representative western blot for vimentin. d Densitometry analysis for vimentin (n = 11). Asterisk indicates significance for comparisons shown by Dunn’s post-hoc analysis after Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA. Hatchmark indicates synergy compared to the sum of responses to individual stimuli by Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed ranks test