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From: Therapeutic effect of daphnetin on the autoimmune arthritis through demethylation of proapoptotic genes in synovial cells

Figure 3

Effect of daphnetin and 5-aza-dc on expression of DR3, PDCD5, FasL, p53 (A) and DNMT1, DNMT3a, DNMT3b (B) in CIA rat synovial cells. Four experimental groups consisting of untreated cell control, or treated with 5-aza-dc at 20 μM, daphnetin at 40 μg/mL, or combination of 5-aza-dc (20 μM) and daphnetin (40 μg/mL). Cells were cultured, treated and harvested as described in Matreials and Methods. Total RNA was extracted and cDNA was synthesized. After reverse transcription, cDNA was used for real time-PCR. Relative quantification of gene expression was performed by the 2-ΔΔCt method. The results show the mean ± S.D. of six independent experiments. ▲P < 0.05 compared with control, P < 0.05 compared with 5-aza-dc, P > 0.05 compared with 5-aza-dc, P > 0.05 compared with daphnetin, *P < 0.05 compared with daphnetin.

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