Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Effects of EPA on Early Low-Severity Sepsis through UCP3 and SIRT3 Upholding of the Mitochondrial Redox Potential

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Cytoplasmic (SOD1) (a) and mitochondrial (SOD2) (b) superoxide dismutase mRNA expressions and mitochondrial SOD activity (c) in female rats subjected to a 48 h sepsis. The means are the average of 8 rats. DEF: rats fed the ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acid-deficient diet; EPA: rats fed the eicosapentaenoic acid-enriched diet; Sham: sham-operated rats; Sept: septic rats; : diet effect; : sepsis effect; A, B: histogram bars on the same panel without a common letter are significantly different; significantly different by one-way analysis of variance.

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