Research Article

The Risk of Heart Failure and Cardiometabolic Complications in Obesity May Be Masked by an Apparent Healthy Status of Normal Blood Glucose

Figure 1

Effects of the HO inducer, hemin, and the HO inhibitor, SnMP on HO-1, HO activity and cGMP in the left ventricle of ZLs and ZFs. (a) Hemin enhanced HO-1, whereas SnMP nullified the effects of hemin. (b) Hemin increased HO activity, while SnMP abolished the hemin effect. (c) Hemin enhanced cGMP, which, however, was abolished by SnMP. Bars represent means ± SEM; rats per group (* versus ZL control; versus Z control; @ versus ZF+hemin+SnMP or ZF control).
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