Unless indicated otherwise, all reagents were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was from Hyclone (Logan, UT). Monoclonal mouse antibodies against phospho-p38 MAP- kinase, NFκB and GAPDH were from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA). Antibodies to phospho- JNK (Thr183/185), and lamin A/C were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA). Antibody to NF-κB phospho (S536) p65 used for tissue array staining was from Abcam (Cambridge, MA). Alexafluor488-conjugated secondary anti-mouse IgG (H+L) antibody was from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR). Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugated secondary antibodies to mouse IgG (H+L) and rabbit IgG (H+L) were from BioRad (Berkeley, CA). Antibodies against the 40kDa (gelatin-binding) region of fibronectin were described previously 13 (link). The functional upstream domain (FUD) of streptococcus pyogenes adhesin F1 protein was described previously 14 (link). The TLR4 (TAK-242) and NF-κB (BAY11-7082) inhibitors were from EMD Millipore (Temecula, CA). Recombinant His-tagged fibronectin Type III domains were described previously 15 (link).
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