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. 2010 Feb 11;107(9):4188–4193. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912263107

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6.

Increased apoptosis is observed in explanted human myocardium obtained from patients with primary cardiac amyloidosis as compared to myocardium obtained from nonfailing human hearts. Nonfailing heart (Non-FH) samples (n = 6) were obtained from NDRI and explanted AL heart samples (n = 4) were obtained from patients with AL cardiac amyloidosis undergoing cardiac transplantation. Apoptosis was evaluated by TUNEL assay (A), caspase3/7 activity (B), and ratio of Bax/Bcl2 protein expression and p53 expression normalized with GAPDH (C and D). Corresponding immunoblots of Bax, Bcl2, p53, and GAPDH are shown in C, where GAPDH serves as a loading control. Data are presented as means ± SE. *, P < 0.05 vs. Non-FH.