Figure 4.

EMSA for AP-1 binding sites. (A) Representative results of EMSA for AP-1 binding sites 6 weeks following NaCl/CaCl₂ incubation. (B) Quantification of the hybridization shown in panel (A) by densitometric analysis. Signals from animals in the VC group were arbitrarily provided as 100%; those from other animals were expressed as the percentage of values in the VC animals. n=5 per group. ^*P<0.05, vs. VC; ^#P<0.05, vs. VA. EMSA, electrophoretic mobility shift assay; AP-1, activator protein; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; VC, vehicle treatment plus sham operation control; VA, vehicle treatment plus AAA; QA, quercetin treatment plus AAA; QC, quercetin treatment plus sham operation control.