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. 2021 Mar 26;23(6):404. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2021.12043

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Figure 2. — TIIA attenuates LV fibrosis in rats with MI-induced heart failure. (A) TIIA treatment attenuated LV fibrosis in MI rats, the blue area represents the fibrosis. Magnification, ×400. (B) TIIA treatment inhibited the increases of collagen I, collagen III, SMA, TGF-β, MMP2 and MMP9 in MI rats. The results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. n=8. *P<0.05 vs. the Sham + Saline group; #P<0.05 vs. the MI + Saline group. TIIA, tanshinone IIA; LV, left ventricular; MI, myocardial infarction; SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase.