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. 2019 Dec 10;9:18765. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55263-y

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The effects of AZM198 on cardiac remodeling and function. The effects of myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibition by AZM198 on measures of cardiac function and remodeling in the obesity/hypertension model induced by high fat diet (HFD) and angiotensin II (AngII) infusion. Control animals received low fat diet (LFD). (A) Quantification of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as determined by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). (B) Left ventricular (LV) weight corrected by tibia length to the power of 3. (C) Quantification of LV cardiomyocyte cross sectional area (CSA) from WGA-FITC stained mid-ventricular sections. (D) Lung weight corrected by tibia length to the power of 3. (E) Relative mRNA expression of LV genes, including natriuretic peptide precursor type A (NPPA), alpha-1 type 1 collagen (Col1a1), alpha-3 type 1 collagen (Col3a1), galectin-3 (Gal-3), growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4). (F) Representative images of Masson’s trichrome-stained mid-ventricular sections. Red bar = 2 mm. (G) Quantification of LV fibrosis from Masson’s trichrome-stained mid-ventricular sections. Gene expression values are corrected for 36B4 gene expression and presented as fold change. N = 10–12. Bars represent means. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. *P < 0.05 as compared to LFD.