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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2015 Nov 5;201(1):226–234. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.10.044

Figure 5. Ghrelin reduces expression of collagen I protein in peritoneal ischemic buttons excised from wild type mice.

Figure 5

Western blot analysis of collagen I protein expression in saline (n= 5) and ghrelin-treated samples (n= 5) (A). Densiometric analysis showed that ghrelin decreased collagen I protein levels. The collagen I protein levels were significantly reduced in ghrelin-treated samples (n=10) compared to the controls (n=10). The statistical analysis was conducted using the Fisher transformation (z-score transformation), that combined sets of data obtained by two immunoblots (B). Data are analyzed by Student’s t-test (** p-value <0.01).