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. 2019 Nov 28;9:17810. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54306-8

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Anti-inflammatory vascular protection by dietary BßGlucans. (a) Representative immunostaining for ADAM17 (Inset bars indicate relative scale) in thoracic aortas from 5/6NX rats fed a high P diet with none (CKD; n = 13) or 2 mg of Bßglucans/g diet (CKD + Bßglucans; n = 13) during 4 weeks. (b) Quantification of aortic ADAM17 immunostaining. Box plots represent median (interquartile range) of OD/Area values for all rats in both dietary groups. (c) Aortic ADAM17 and TNFα gene expression; (d) Aortic nSMase2 mRNA (white bars; CKD n = 9; CKD + Bßglucans n = 7) and activity (black bars; CKD n = 13; CKD + Barley n = 11). R.U.: Relative units. Bars and error bars represent mean ± SD; *p < 0.05 vs. CKD.