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. 2011 Aug 18;6(8):e23239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023239

Figure 1. Expression of CD40 and TRAFs in the carotid artery wall after ligation injury.

Figure 1

(A) Representative images of immunostaining for CD40 in carotid arteries from WT and CD40−/− mice (n = 5 per group). Scale bars: 20 µm or 100 µm. (B) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of CD40 expression in WT carotid arteries (n = 5 per group). mRNA levels are normalized to GAPDH. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. * P<0.05 and ** P<0.01 versus uninjured (uninj.)control. (C) Representative images of immunostaining for TRAF6 in carotid arteries from WT and CD40−/− mice (n = 5 per group). Scale bars: 20 µm. Arrows indicate the internal elastic lamina.