Fig. 7
From: Role of human rhinovirus in triggering human airway epithelial-mesenchymal transition
The minor group HRV-1A, alone and in combination with TGF-β1, also alters expression of epithelial and mesenchymal markers in BEAS-2B cells and effects do not depend upon viral replication. BEAS-2B cells were stimulated with medium, HRV-1A, TGF-β1, HRV-1A + TGF-β1, UV-HRV-1A, or UV-HRV-1A + TGF-β1 for 120 h. a Representative western blot for E-cadherin. b Densitometry analysis for E-cadherin (n = 6). c Representative western blot for fibronectin. d Densitometry analysis for fibronectin (n = 6). 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