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. 2018 May 1;8:6801. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25068-6

Figure 5.

Figure 5

AKAP-12, mitochondrial function and oxidative stress markers in myocardial biopsies from aortic stenosis patients. AKAP-12 immunostaining and AKAP-12 mRNA levels in myocardial biopsies from AS patients (A,B). Total mtDNA expression was measured (C). PGC-1α and PHB mRNA levels (D) and PGC-1α immunostaining (E) in myocardial biopsies. Immunostaining of Nitrotyrosine and CML (E). Magnification of the microphotographs 40x. Histogram bars represent the mean ± SEM of each group of subjects (Control n = 13 and patients with AS, n = 26) in arbitrary units (AU) normalized to HPRT and β-actin for cDNA. *p < 0.05 vs. control group. AS, aortic stenosis; AKAP-12, A-kinase anchoring protein 12; Total mtDNA, Total mitochondrial DNA; PGC-1α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 alpha; PHB, prohibitin; CML, carboxy-methyl-lysine.