Signs of ROS-Associated Autophagy in Testis and Sperm in a Rat Model of Varicocele

Figure 4

(a) Comparative immunohistochemical analysis of Atg7 and LC3 abundance in paraffin sections prepared from rat testes between the varicocele and control groups (scale bar 5000 μm). (b) Representative Western blots illustrating the protein content in Atg7, LC3-I, and LC3-II in the left testicles of the control and varicocele groups (left panel). The intensity of the Atg7 protein band has been normalized with β-actin and the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio are presented in the bar graphs (right panel). Different letters indicate significant differences between groups at .

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