Exogenous bone morphogenetic protein-7 reduces hepatic fibrosis in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice via transforming growth factor-β/Smad signaling

Figure 6 Relative mRNA expressions (target gene integral optical density/glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase integral optical density, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) of transforming growth factor-beta 1, alpha-smooth muscle actin, pSmad2, pSmad3 and Smad7. TGF-β1: Transforming growth factor-beta 1; α-SMA: Alpha-smooth muscle actin. ^bP < 0.01 vs group A; ^dP < 0.01 vs group B; ^fP < 0.01 vs group C; ^hP < 0.01 vs week 9.