FIGURE 3.
Apelin, APJ, and apela expression in diverse tissues of adult rats. Expression of apelin (A), APJ (B), and apela (C) mRNAs in different rat tissues (stomach, lung, heart, muscle, intestine, testis, bladder, kidney, brain, spleen, liver, ovary, and uterus). Quantitative RT-PCR was carried out with specific primer sets for apelin, APJ and apela. Expression of these three transcripts was normalized based on beta actin levels.