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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2003 Oct;14(5):391–407. doi: 10.1016/s1359-6101(03)00044-3

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Diastolic and β-adrenergic deficiency in Tg fb1−/− hearts. Isolated, work-performing hearts from adult Tg fb1−/− Scid mice (A). β-Adrenergic-stimulated contractility (+dP/dt) and relaxation (−dP/dt) rates in LFA-1 antibody-treated adult Tg fb1−/− mice. Immunodeficiency (Scid) or immunosuppression (LFA-1 antibody treatment) is required to circumvent weaning age lethality (see Section 3.2 for explanation). IVP: interventricular pressure.