Figure 5.
Effect of a hot and humid environment on the mRNA expression levels of (A) caspase-3, (B) Bax and (C) Bcl-2. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (n=8). ○P<0.05 and ●P<0.01 vs. WKY-CN; ◊P<0.05, WKY-24 vs. WKY-8; ∆P<0.05 and ▲P<0.01 vs. SHR-CN; ★P<0.01, SHR-24 vs. SHR-8; +P<0.01 vs. WKY. WKY, Wistar-Kyoto rats; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats; CN, control; −8, heat exposure for 8 h; −24, heat exposure for 24 h; Bcl-2, B-cell lymphoma 2; Bax, Bcl-2-like protein 4.