Figure 2.
Analysis of Erk1/Erk2 phosphorylation in the ascending aortic wall. Western blotting analysis, for SOD3 protein levels evaluation, was performed on ascending aorta protein extracts from six nonaneurysmal aortas (N), nine patients with AsAA associated to TAV and nine patients with AsAA associated to BAV (A); GAPDH, was used as loading control. Representative image is shown. Densitometric analysis of SOD3 protein levels (B). Data are reported as mean ± SD. *P<0.05.