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From: Down-regulation of common NFκB-iNOS pathway by chronic Thalidomide treatment improves Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Muscle Wasting in rats with Biliary Cirrhosis

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Effect of thalidomide treatment on the cirrhotic muscles.

IHC images for measurement of (A) cross-section area of muscle fibers with α-sarcometric actin antibody and (D) macrophages infiltration with CD68 antibody; (B,C) various mRNAs/proteins expression; (E) numbers of M1/M2 macrophages in muscle homogenates; (F) correlation between muscular M1 macrophages (%) in BAL fluid and circulating CD16+ monocyte (%); (G) 3-nitrotyrosin (representative of peroxynitrite) concentration in anterior tibialis muscle homogenates. #,##p < 0.05, 0.01 vs. S-V; *p < 0.05 vs. BDL-V.

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