Research Paper Volume 14, Issue 10 pp 4390—4401
Exercise intervention prevents early aged hypertension-caused cardiac dysfunction through inhibition of cardiac fibrosis
Figure 4. The effects of exercise training on the cardiac fibrotic downstream pathway. (A) The representative protein quantification of TIMP1, TIMP2, MMP2, MMP9, uPA and Collagen I extracted from the left ventricles were measured by Western blotting analysis; (B) Bars represent the densitometric analysis of MMP2/TIMP2, MMP9/TIMP1, uPA and Collagen I. Data are expressed as the mean values ± SD (n = 8 in each group). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs. the WKY group. ##p < 0.01 the SHR group vs. SHR-EX group.