Fig. 5
From: Role of human rhinovirus in triggering human airway epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Exposure for 24 h to HRV-16 alone, TGF-β1 alone, and the combination alters expression of epithelial and mesenchymal markers in BEAS-2B cells. BEAS-2B cells were stimulated with medium, HRV-16, TGF-β1, and HRV-16 + TGF-β1 for 24 h. a Representative western blot for E-cadherin. b Densitometry analysis for E-cadherin (n = 10). c Representative western blot for fibronectin. d Densitometry analysis for fibronectin (n = 10). 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