Proteins were isolated from treated THP-1 cells or cutaneous excised tissues using radioimmunoprecipitation buffer with protease inhibitors (Sigma). Protein concentrations were determined by a Bradford assay (Pierce). The total protein (30 μg) of each sample was subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with the desired antibodies against TLR4 (Abcam), STAT3 (Cell Signaling), p-STAT3 (Cell Signaling), AKT (Cell Signaling), p-AKT (Cell Signaling), NF-κB (Cell Signaling), p-P65 (Cell Signaling) and β-actin (Abcam), as previously described [27 (link)].
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