Research Article

Anti-Interleukin-16 Neutralizing Antibody Treatment Alleviates Sepsis-Induced Cardiac Injury and Dysfunction via the Nuclear Factor Erythroid-2 Related Factor 2 Pathway in Mice

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Effects of IL-16 nAb on AIF expression in LPS-treated mice. (a) Cardiac mitochondrial AIF and Cox IV expression and cardiac nuclear AIF, cleaved PARP, and PCNA expression in each group were detected (two-way ANOVA). (b) TUNEL-positive cells in the four groups were analyzed (nonparametric test). in each group. vs. the IgG saline group. # vs. the IgG LPS group. AIF: apoptosis-inducing factor; Cox IV: cytochrome c oxidase IV; PARP: poly-ADP-ribose polymerase; PCNA: proliferating cell nuclear antigen; nAb: anti-IL-16 neutralizing antibody; LPS: lipopolysaccharide.
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