A total of 20 μg of kidney lysate was loaded into gels, separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes for immunoblotting analysis. The membranes were blocked with TBS containing 0.1% Tween 20 and 5% BSA for 1 hour at room temperature and incubated overnight at 4 °C with antibodies against α-SMA (Abcam, USA, ab5694), TGFβ1 (Novus, USA, NB100-91995), p-Smad2 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA, 138D4), Smad2 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA, D4384), p-Smad3 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA, C25A9), Smad3 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA, C67H9), Smad4 (Cell Signaling Technology, USA, 9515), Smad7 (Epitomics, USA, 3894-1) and GAPDH (KANGCHEN, China, KC-5G4) to detect target protein expression. The membranes were subsequently washed three times with TBS containing 0.1% Tween 20, incubated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies at room temperature for 1 hour and washed again. Finally, the Molecular Imager ChemiDocTM XRS+ Imaging System (BIO-RAD) was used to detect chemiluminescence.

NK cells were loaded with 5 μM Fluo-4 AM (Invitrogen) in HBSS at 37°C for 40 min and changes in [Ca2+]i were determined at 488 nm excitation/530 nm emission wavelengths using a confocal microscope (Nikon). For calculation of [Ca2+]i, the method of Tsien et al.38 was used with the following equation: [Ca2+]i = Kd(F − Fmin)/(Fmax − F), where Kd is 335 nM for Fluo-4, and F is the observed fluorescence. Each tracing was calibrated for maximal intensity (Fmax) by addition of ionomycin (8 μM) and for minimal intensity (Fmin) by addition of EGTA 50 mM after each measurement.

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Wang, Y. Y., Qu, Y. L., Gong, P., Wang, P., Man, Y. & Li, J. D. Preparation and in vitro evaluation of chitosan bioelectret membranes for guided bone regeneration. J. Bioact. Compat. Pol. 25, 622–633 (2010).

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The board of directors must make the determination as to the financial and accounting expertise, and as to the professional qualifications, of a director taking into consideration those criteria and matters set forth in the regulations. A director with financial and accounting expertise is a director who by virtue of his or her education, professional experience and skill, has a high level of proficiency in and understanding of business accounting matters and financial statements so that he or she is able to fully understand our financial statements and initiate debate regarding the manner in which the financial information is presented. In addition, the board of directors of a public company is required to make a determination as to the minimum number of directors who must have such financial and accounting expertise based on, among other things, the type of company, its size, the volume and complexity of the company’s activities and the number of directors. Our Board has determined that the minimum number of directors with financial and accounting expertise, in addition to the external director or directors who have such expertise, will be one, and that Mr. Marth qualifies as such. The external director who qualifies to have such expertise is Ms. Yaron-Eldar. In addition, our Board has determined that Ms. Yaron-Eldar qualifies as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to the applicable SEC rules, and accordingly as having the necessary financial sophistication as required by the Nasdaq Capital Market rules.

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(a) Cell apoptosis and (b) Cell cycle of BMSCs cultured on blank, PE, PAr, and PArN at day 1 and day 3. The figures show the cell state for triplicate experiments and 10,000 cells are analyzed.

In addition, we or regulatory authorities may suspend our clinical trials at any time if it appears that we are exposing participants to unacceptable health risks or if the regulatory authorities find deficiencies in our regulatory submissions or the conduct of such trials. Any suspension of clinical trials will delay possible regulatory approval, if any, and adversely impact our ability to develop products and generate revenue.