Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: Prenatal lipopolysaccharide exposure programs cardiac fibrosis via dysregulating of connexin 43 in offspring rats
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2026.13830
Figure Lengend Snippet: BW of offspring rats from 1-day to 16-week-old (A). Heart damages in offspring at the age of 8 and 16 weeks, including the ratios (B) LVW/BW, (C) HW/BW and (D) NT-proBNP level in serum. Concentration of Ang II in (E) left ventricle and (F) serum. Data are presented as mean ± SD. n=10 in each group (A-C) and n=7 in each group (D-F). *P<0.05, **P<0.01 vs Con. BW, body weight; HW, heart weight; LVW, left ventricular weight; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; Ang II, angiotensin II; Con, control; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.
Article Snippet: Serum concentrations of N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP; cat. no. E-EL-R3023) and Ang II, along with myocardial tissue levels of Ang II (cat. no. E-EL-R1430c), were quantified using commercial ELISA kits (Elabscience Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) following manufacturer protocols.
Techniques: Concentration Assay, Control