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. 2018 Feb 13;8:2952. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21087-5

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory markers mRNA levels in arteries from db/db and db/+ mice. (A) Pro-fibrotic markers such as Col1a, Col3a and Tgfb1 mRNA levels were increased in mesenteric arteries from db/db compared to db/+ mice. (B) Pro-inflammatory markers such as IL-6, Tnfa and Mcp-1 mRNA levels were increased in mesenteric arteries from db/db compared to db/+ mice. Ubc was used as housekeeping gene for normalization. Results are expressed mean ± SEM, n = 6–8 mice per group, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 db/db vs db/+, p < 0.05 vehicle vs +MRA. Vehicle: saline NaCl 0.9%. IL-6: interleukine-6; Mcp-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; Tnfα: tumor necrosis factor alpha; Tgfβ1: transforming growth factor beta 1; Ubc: ubiquitin C.