Sodium Sulfite Exacerbates Allograft Vasculopathy and Affects Tryptophan Breakdown in Murine Heterotopic Aortic Transplantation

Table 1

Intima thickness, intima to media ratio, and immunohistochemical α-smooth muscle actin on POD 100.

	Syngeneic	Allogeneic	Sodium sulfite (0.1 M)	Sodium sulfite (0.01 M)	Sodium sulfate (0.1 M)
Mean intima (μm)
Mean intima to media			^,#,a
α-Smooth muscle actin semiquantitative score			^#,a,b

Significant differences (): compared to the syngeneic group, ^#compared to the untreated allogeneic group, ^acompared to the sodium sulfate group, and ^bcompared to the 0.01 M sodium sulfite treatment group.