Thymosin β4 Protects against Cardiac Damage and Subsequent Cardiac Fibrosis in Mice with Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

AAV-Tβ4 improves cardiac function of AMI mice.

	LVIDd (mm)	IVS (mm)	LVIDs (mm)	LVEF (%)
NS	7.93  ± 0.28	1.36 ± 0.07	4.50 ± 0.28	79.3 ± 2.6
AMI	8.20 ± 0.32	1.36 ± 0.10	5.50 ± 0.48	66.8 ± 5.4
AMI+AAV-LacZ	8.27 ± 0.21	1.31 ± 0.09	5.30 ± 0.45	70.0 ± 5.8
AMI+AAV-Tβ4	8.00 ± 0.21	1.35 ± 0.10	4.90 ± 0.24	74.3 ± 3.2

P<0.05 vs the AMI or AMI+AAV-LacZ group.