Table 4. Protein expression.

Proteins (arbitrary units)	Sham (n=08)	AS (n=08)	AS-GH (n=07)
MyoD	1.04 (0.88-1.13)	1.10 (0.90-1.42)	1.47 (1.11-1.79)
Myogenin	1.00 ± 0.38	0.58 ± 0.36	0.87 ± 0.68
MRF4	0.88 (0.62-1.35)	0.60 (0.34-1.19)	1.33 (0.79-3.27)
Akt	1.00 ± 0.54	0.86 ± 0.35	0.86 ± 0.54
Atrogin-1	1.00 ± 0.44	0.73 ± 0.19	0.92 ± 0.18
MuRF-1	1.00 ± 0.90	0.53 ± 0.41	0.63 ± 0.23
Myostatin	1.00 ± 0.32	1.86 ± 1.09	2.05 ± 1.07
Follistatin	1.00 ± 1.11	1.42 ± 0.83	1.31 ± 1.44
Pax-7	1.00 ± 0.39	1.06 ± 0.63	0.74 ± 0.63

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median and percentiles. AS: aortic stenosis; AS-GH: aortic stenosis treated with growth hormone; n: number of animals. ANOVA and Tukey or Kruskal-Wallis and Student-Newman-Keuls; p>0.05 for all proteins.