Figure 5

DEX promotes the protein expression of Bcl-XL. SKOV-3 and HO-8910 cells were treated with PTX (50 nM) for 24 h with or without DEX pre-treatment (0.1 μM). The cells were harvested for detection of Bcl-XL proteins by western blot analysis. β-actin was also detected as a loading control. A. Western blot product of Bcl-XL protein. B. Relative expression of Bcl-XL protein. *: p < 0.01 vs. control; *#: p < 0.01 vs. PTX-treated cells. PTX: paclitaxel; DEX: dexamethasone.