Research Paper Volume 8, Issue 12 pp 3552—3567

Sodium fluoride (NaF) induces the splenic apoptosis via endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway in vivo and in vitro

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Figure 3. Effect of NaF on apoptosis in the spleen at 21 (A, C) and 42 (B, D) days of age. (a-d) Two-dimension scatter plots depicting distribution of cells positively stained for Annexin V-PE/7-AAD. (a) CG, (b) 12 mg/kg group, (c) 24 mg/kg group and (d) 48 mg/kg group. (C-D) Quantitative analysis of total apoptotic lymphocytes. Data are presented with the means ± standard deviation, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, compared with the control group. Data were analyzed by the variance (ANOVA) test of the SPSS 19.0 software.