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. 2011 Mar 17;6(3):e17998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017998

Figure 4. Bcl-xL can block caspase-independent DNA damage in ischemic cardiomyocytes.

Figure 4

a) Assessing overexpression of Bcl-xL in normal cardiomyocytes and simultaneous EndoG-FLAG overexpression. b) Agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA extracts of cardiomyocytes cultured in normal conditions or after 6 hours of experimental ischemia. Cardiomyocytes were transduced 5 days before ischemia with lentivirus for overexpression of Bcl-xL or empty viruses. HMWF and LMWF: high and low molecular weight DNA fragmentation, respectively. Similar results were obtained in three independent assays.