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Table 3 Pulmonary TGF-β/Smad signal transduction pathway related protein expression (IOD value)

From: Inhalation of nebulized Mycobacterium vaccae can protect against allergic bronchial asthma in mice by regulating the TGF-β/Smad signal transduction pathway

Group

n

TGF-β1

TβR1

Smad1

Smad7

Normal group

8

8.72 ± 2.37

7.50 ± 2.50

13.60 ± 4.43

82.81 ± 28.00

Asthma control group

8

32.52 ± 15.85#

29.21 ± 4.73#

38.01 ± 18.45#

129.76 ± 54.20

M. vaccae neb. group

8

11.74 ± 4.52*

14.81 ± 4.79*

16.23 ± 7.37*

98.08 ± 35.14

  1. #P<0.01, compared with Normal group; *P<0.01, compared with Asthma control group