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. 2003 Mar 3;197(5):615–624. doi: 10.1084/jem.20021426

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Protease activation within the infarct zone of WT and MPO−/−. (A) Representative casein and (B) gelatin zymograms of protein extracts from the infarct zones of two representative WT and two representative MPO−/− mice 3 d after AMI. Quantification of the density of (C) plasmin activity band and the (D) MMP-2 (open bars) and proMMP-9 (black bars) bands in the infarct zone of WT (n = 6) and MPO−/− (n = 6) mice 3 d after AMI. No significant differences in plasmin activity in non-infarct myocardium between strains were seen, and no MMP activity was seen in non-infarcted tissue from either strain.