Research Article

Atorvastatin Inhibits Ferroptosis of H9C2 Cells by regulatingSMAD7/Hepcidin Expression to Improve Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

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ATV improved ferroptosis in I/R rat myocardium by the SMAD7/hepcidin pathway. (a) Cardiac histopathology was observed by HE staining (100× and 400×). (b) The levels of Fe2+ and total iron were detected by ELISA. (c) The expression of IRPs, TFRC1, FTH, and FPN1 was detected by qPCR. (d–e) The expression of ACSL4, GPX4, SMAD7, SMAD1, p-SMAD1, and hepcidin proteins was detected by Western blot. vs. the sham group; # vs. the I/R group.
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