This has been performed as previously described [34 (link)]. Antibodies directed against alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1, 2AR2), Stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), AUF1 (ab50692) and IL-6 were purchased from Abcam (Cambridge, MA); Lin28B (D4H1), NF-kB (p50), NF-kB (p65) (D14E12), AKT (C73H10), p-AKT (Thr308), STAT3 and pSTAT3-Tyr705 (D3A7) from Cell Signaling (Danvers, MA); p16INK4a from BD Biosciences (San Jose, CA); p21 (F-5), PTEN (A2B1) and Glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH, FL-335) were purchased from Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA).
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