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From: High mobility group box-1 protein promotes astrocytic CCL5 production through the MAPK/NF-κB pathway following spinal cord injury

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Changes in CCL5 and HMGB1 protein levels changes at lesion sites following rat SCI. (A) ELISA measurement of CCL5 protein levels at lesion sites following SCI at 0 d, 1 d, 4 d and 7 d, respectively. (B) Western blot analysis of HMGB1 expression following SCI at 0 d, 1 d, 4 d and 7 d. (C) Quantification data are shown in (B). Quantities were normalized to endogenous β-actin. (D) ELISA analysis of CCL5 protein levels at lesion sites at 0 d, 1 d, 4 d and 7 d following with or without intrathecal injection of 10 µl of an HMGB1 neutralizing antibody (HMGB1 Ab, 50 µg/kg). (E) Immunofluorescence staining revealed the colocalization of CCL5 with GFAP-positive astrocytes before or after SCI at 4 d with or without the intrathecal injection of 10 µl of HMGB1 Ab (50 µg/kg). The rectangle indicates the region magnified. Arrowheads indicate positive signals. n = 6. Scale bars, 50 μm in (E). The experiments were performed in triplicate. The error bars represent the standard deviation (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01).

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