Increased Activity of the Intracardiac Oxytocinergic System in the Development of Postinfarction Heart Failure

Figure 1

Serum NT-proBNP concentration (a) and average expression of BNP mRNA (b) and ANP mRNA (c) in the fragments of the left ventricle muscle in the sham-operated rats (control) and in rats with myocardial infarction (infarct). Arbitrary units: relative gene expression was given on the basis of estimations of the values of the delta cycle threshold (ΔCt) by relative quantification to the endogenous control. Means ± standard errors are shown. Significant differences between the experimental groups: < 0.001.

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