Fig. 3.
Effect of αEnNaC deletion on WD cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophy. A) Quantification of picrosirus red staining for myocardial fibrosis. B) Heart weight in mg. C) mRNA expression of cardiac hypertrophy marker alpha smooth muscle actin. CD = control diet (n = 7); CDKO = CD knock out (n-5); WD = Western diet (n = 5); and WDKO = WD EnNaC knock out (n = 5). Data are expressed as means ± SEM. *p < .05 vs CD; #p < .05 vs WD.