Fig. 6From: Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis partially through aggravating TGF-β/Smad2/3-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transitionCyp27b1 gene knockout aggravates BLM-induced EMT. All animals were fed with standard fodder. All animals except controls were injected with BLM (1.5 mg/kg) through the trachea. All animals were sacrificed 2 weeks after BLM. a-c Pulmonary E-cadherin and α-SMA were detected using Western blot. a Representative gels for E-cadherin, α-SMA and β-actin. Quantitative analyses of scanning densitometry for b E-cadherin and c α-SMA were performed. d Pulmonary α-SMA was measured using IHC. Original magnification: 200×. e α-SMA-positive cells were calculated. All data were expressed as means ± S.E.M. (N = 6). **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05Back to article page