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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2007 Oct 25;102(1):95–102. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.155028

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Western blot analysis of arginase I expression in aortas (A) and livers (B) of control, diabetic, diabetic simvastatin–treated (Diab/Simv), diabetic l-arginine–supplemented (Diab/L-Arg), and diabetic l-citrulline–supplemented (Diab/L-Cit) rats at 8 weeks (n=5/group). Results are quantified by densitometry. Simvastatin and l-citrulline decreased arginase I expression in both aortas and livers from diabetic rats. Values are expressed as means±SEM. *P<0.05 vs control and diabetic simvastatin–treated rats.