Lycopene Ameliorates Transplant Arteriosclerosis in Vascular Allograft Transplantation by Regulating the NO/cGMP Pathways and Rho-Associated Kinases Expression

Figure 4

Analysis of PKG-I protein expression in grafted arteries and plasma cGMP concentration detection in each group. ((a) and (b)) Western blot analysis of PKG-I protein expression in each group; , allograft group compared with the isograft group; , lycopene group compared with the allograft group. (c) Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of PKG-I mRNA expression; ; . (d) Determination and analysis of the plasma cGMP concentration in each group; ; .

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