Fig. 6.

VCAM-1 (a) and OPN-R (b) aortic protein expression. The protein expression was normalized for each animal by GAPDH protein expression. a There was a significant increase of VCAM-1 protein expression in uremic ApoE^−/− (Ur, n = 11) compared to control Bl6 mice (Ctl, n = 5, respectively, *p < 0.05). b The decrease of OPN-R protein expression in Ur (n = 6) compared to NUr and Ctl mice (n = 4 and n = 5, respectively) was not significant. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM