USA). rmMFG-E8 was purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA).
Antibodies used for western blot were as follows: anti-Bcl-2 (Proteintech,
Rosemont, IL, USA), anti-Bax (Proteintech, Rosemont, IL, USA), anti-ß-actin
(Proteintech, Rosemont, IL, USA), and anti-histone H3 (Proteintech, Rosemont,
IL, USA). A NF-κB signal pathway kit was used to determine NF-κB pathway
activation (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA, USA). Blood urea nitrogen
(BUN) and serum creatinine (Cre) detection kits were purchased from the
Institute of Jiancheng Bioengineering (Nanjing, China). All other reagents were
of analytical grade.