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

Figure 2

Average expression of oxytocin (OT) mRNA (a) and protein (b) in the left and right ventricle muscles 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. Oxytocin concentration presented as an absolute ratio: oxytocin/total protein concentration. Means ± standard errors are shown. Significant differences between the experimental groups: < 0.05.

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