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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul;39(7):1749–1759. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182190b62

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Ratio of actin to total sarcomeric protein levels in the diaphragm from control (CON) and mechanically ventilated animals with (MVSS) without mitochondrial-targeted antioxidants (MV). Given that actin is preferentially degraded during disuse muscle atrophy, assessment of the ratio of actin to total sarcomeric protein levels provides a relative index of diaphragmatic proteolysis during prolonged MV. The image above the histogram is a representative western blot of data from the three experimental groups. Values are means ± SEM. * = different (p<0.05) from both CON and MVSS (n=6/group).