Fig. 3.

Increased expression of ribosomal proteins during hypertrophy with old age. A: geometric mean expression of all differentially expressed ribosomal protein genes following synergist ablation. B: Rpl11 increases earlier during mechanical overload in both young and old animals; however, the aged animals maintain higher expression levels at the later time points following synergist ablation. C: RT-PCR confirmed a significant increase in Rpl11 expression in old animals following 10 days of synergist ablation (SA-10), which did not occur in young animals. *Significant age-effect; †significant increase relative to sham (P < 0.05).