L-Carnitine Alleviates the Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Remodeling through Bax/Bcl-2 Signal Pathway

Figure 3

LC suppressed the levels of proinflammatory cytokines and ameliorated cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis of post-MI mice. (a) Representative image of H&E staining,  μm in original images and  μm in enlarged plots. (b) Masson’s trichrome-stained heart paraffin sections: collagen was stained in blue and cytoplasm was stained in red,  μm in original images and  μm in enlarged plots. (c) Levels of proinflammatory cytokines were measured after LC treatment. Data were expressed as . ; , , compared to the sham group. ^#, ^##, compared to the model group.

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