Apoptosis was assessed by the Tali™ apoptosis assay kit (Invitrogen™, Life Technologies, Monza, Italy), which uses Annexin V Alexa Fluor™ 488 (Invitrogen™, Life Technologies, Monza, Italy) and propidium iodide (Invitrogen™, Life Technologies, Monza, Italy) to differentiate cells as live, dead, or apoptotic as previously indicated [24 (link)]. Each treatment was performed in three replicates and the final results were reported as a fold increase compared to the control.
Free full text: Click here