Fig. 3.

Influence of miR-33-5p inhibition on apoptosis and aging of VECs. A, B the percentages of apoptotic VECs. C The inhibitory effect of miR-33-5p on senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity in VECs. The repeated results were shown in Aditional file 2: Supplementary Figure 3. D The expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Ox-LDL, oxidized low-density lipoprotein. NC, inhibitor negative control. The original bands of WB are presented in Additional file 1: [1C]. **p < 0.01 vs. control by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. ^&&p < 0.01 vs. ox-LDL by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test. The above experiments were repeated three times and the mean value was obtained