Research Article

Nonclassical Axis of the Renin-Angiotensin System and Neprilysin: Key Mediators That Underlie the Cardioprotective Effect of PPAR-Alpha Activation during Myocardial Ischemia in a Metabolic Syndrome Model

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Expression of cardiac angiotensin receptors. The proteins were evaluated in the left ventricles from the control (CT) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) rats subjected to sham (Sh) or myocardial infarction (MI) and treated for two weeks with either vehicle (V) or fenofibrate (F). (a) Representative immunoblot. (b) Angiotensin II-type 1 receptor (AT1R) protein expression. (c) Angiotensin II-type 2 receptor (AT2R) protein expression. (d) MasR protein expression. The values show the ( per group). vs. CT-Sh; Δ vs. CT-Sh; Σ vs. MetS-Sh; # vs. CT-MI-V; ω vs. CT-MI-V; & vs. MetS-MI-V; Ψ vs. CT-MI-F. Analysis of variance-Newman-Keuls.
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