Figure 2

Cardiac gene expression profile. mRNA expression of mediators of proliferation, fibrosis and hypertrophy (A: BNP, CTGF, TSP-1 and Pro-collagen III) and of endothelial lesion and apoptosis (B: SOD, iNOS, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, Bax and Bcl2), after 9 weeks of treatment. (Results are means ± SEM of relative expression in relation to the control; n = 7 per group. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 versus Control group).