Table 11.

Western blot analysis of connexin 40 and connexin 43 protein levels from atrial tissues

	Sham	AF-Control	Ad-EGFP	Ad-ACE2	*p	#p	♂p
Connexin 40	0.24 ± 0.05	0.39 ± 0.14	0.38 ± 0.13	0.19 ± 0.16	0.011	0.018	<0.01
Connexin 43	1.16 ± 0.49	0.61 ± 0.39	0.58 ± 0.30	1.12 ± 0.57	0.031	0.022	0.044/0.031
Kv 4.2 protein	1.56 ± 0.09	0.49 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.02	1.51 ± 0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Kv 4.3 protein	1.47 ± 0.10	0.61 ± 0.09	0.50 ± 0.07	1.49 ± 0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
L-type Ca++ CP α1C	3.20 ± 0.27	1.47 ± 0.23	1.54 ± 0.15	1.65 ± 0.19	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001&

* Sham vs. AF-Control; * Sham vs. Ad-EGFP; ^♂ Ad-ACE2 vs. Ad-EGFP (or AF-control); ^& Ad-ACE2 vs. Sham, n = 7