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. 2020 May 29;10:8802. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65782-8

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Kefir peptides protect against endothelial dysfunction in HFD-induced atherosclerotic ApoE−/− mice. (A) Western blot analysis was performed to detect endothelial markers, ET-1, VCAM-1, and ICAM-1, protein expressions in the aortic tissue of mice. (B) The histogram shows the quantitative densitometry data of the Western blot analysis determined by ImageJ system. Total α-tubulin was used as an internal quantitative control. (C) Serum markers for myocardial injury, creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), were determined. Data are displayed as the mean ± SEM (n = 8). The statistical analysis was performed according to Duncan’s multiple-range method. The labels at the top of columns without the same letters indicate significant differences between groups (P < 0.05).