“Furthermore, higher phosphorylation of AKT and NF-κB p65 in IPF patient samples and murine samples was verified by immunohistochemistry while SAC could decrease the phosphorylation level of AKT and NF-κB p65 in mice stimulated with BLM.”
“Our results … that SAC dose-dependently reduced the infiltration of inflammatory …, pulmonary lesions and collagen deposition in BLM treated mice with downregulated mRNA expression levels of fibrotic genes including alpha smooth muscle actin (α-…), fibronectin, collagen I and collagen III as well as the protein level of α-SMA.”