Fig. 5
From: N-Acetyl Cysteine improves the diabetic cardiac function: possible role of fibrosis inhibition
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Effects of NAC on high glucose induced fibroblast proliferation and collagen expression. (a) Cardiac fibroblast cells were cultured in 5.5 mM glucose (NG) and 25 mM glucose (HG) w/o 5 mM NAC. Viable cell numbers were calculated by CCK-8 kit. *p<0.05, n=3. (b) Col1a1 gene expression in cardiac fibroblasts cultured in serum free medium with 10 ng/ml TGFβ1 containing 5.5 mM glucose, 25 mM glucose with/o 5 mM NAC. *p<0.05, n=3. (c) CTGF gene expression in cardiac fibroblasts treated same as above. *p<0.05, n=3