The Correlation of PPARα Activity and Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Structure in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy during Heart Failure Progression

Figure 4

Desmin pattern in cardiomyocytes of failing heart. (a) Changes of desmin expression pattern in relation to the degree of heart failure. (b) A representative image showing the different types of desmin in the myocardium tissue of the patient’s heart in Group (II): increased expression (arrowhead), desmin forming granular clusters (in triangles), or desmin disappearance (in circle). (c) Expression of ubiquitin in serial tissue section shown in (b).

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