Table 1 Experimental design and numbers of animals per group

From: Mechanical ventilation augments bleomycin-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition through the Src pathway

 

EBD, lung water (5 h)

PAI-1, TGF-β1, collagen, total protein (5 h)

Src protein (1 h)

μCT (5 h)

EM (5 h)

Isolated fibroblasts (5 h)

IF, IHC, Trichrome stain, TUNEL (5 h)

Control (wild type without bleomycin)

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

Control (wild type with bleomycin)

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

VT 6 ml/kg (wild type with bleomycin)

5

5

5

0

0

0

5

VT 30 ml/kg (wild type with bleomycin)

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

VT 30 ml/kg (wild type with bleomycin)+PP2

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

VT 30 ml/kg (Src+/− with bleomycin)

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

  1. Abbreviations: Control, spontaneously breathing, nonventilated mice; EBD, Evans blue dye; EM, electron microscopy; IF, immunofluorescence; IHC, immunohistochemistry; μCT, micro-computer tomography; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; Src+/−, Src-deficient mice; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling assay; VT, tidal volume.