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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Dec;138(6):1392–1399. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.075

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in human ascending aortic aneurysms and control ascending aortic tissue. SM α-actin expression is significantly decreased in ascending aortic aneurysms, whereas matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 2 expression is increased compared with that seen in control aortas. Standard error bars are shown.