Research Paper Volume 14, Issue 19 pp 7877—7889
Hyperlipidemia attenuates the mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells induced by acute myocardial ischemia via VEGF/eNOS/NO/MMP-9 pathway
Figure 8. Change in the plasma levels of MMP-9, NO, eNOS, and VEGF in each group rats during 7 days after AMI. The Plasma content or activity of VEGF (A), eNOS (B), NO (C), and MMP-9 (D) in the Ctrl, HL, AMI, and HL-AMI group. *, **, P < 0.05 or P < 0.01, respectively, compared with the AMI group; #, ##, P < 0.05 or P < 0.01, respectively, compared with the HL group. Each data point represents the average of eight rats in this group, and vertical lines indicate the SEM.