Research Article

Leptin Modifies the Rat Heart Performance Associated with Mitochondrial Dysfunction Independently of Its Prohypertrophic Effects

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Mitochondrial swelling induced by calcium. Panels (a), (b), (c), and (d) are plots of the of 4 independent determinations of mitochondrial swelling of different mitochondrial preparations after 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours of perfusion, respectively. Reactions were started by the addition of CaCl2, and absorbance was recorded each minute for ten minutes. ().
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