Journal: International journal of biological sciences
Article Title: Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products regulates age-associated Cardiac Fibrosis.
doi: 10.7150/ijbs.56379
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. RAGE deficiency promotes the expression of HF marker genes and accelerates age-associated cardiac fibrosis. (A) Relative expression of BNP (Nppb) and ANKRD1 (Ankrd1) genes. Young WT n=4, Young Rage-/- n=4-5, Middle-age (MA) WT n=4, MA Rage-/- n=4, Old WT n=5, Old Rage-/- n=6. (B) (Left panel) Representative images of LV sections stained with an antibody against Collagen I. Bar, 20 µm. (Right panel) Quantification of Collagen I signal. Young WT n=5, Young Rage-/- n=5, MA WT n=4, MA Rage-/- n=4, Old WT n=4, Old Rage-/- n=5. (C) (Left panel) Representative images of LV sections stained with Masson’s trichrome. Bar, 20 µm. (Right panel) Quantification of Masson’s trichrome signal. Young WT n=5, Young Rage-/- n=5, MA WT n=4, MA Rage-/- n=4, Old WT n=4, Old Rage-/- n=5. (D) (Left panel) Representative images of LV sections stained with an antibody anti-α-SMA. Bar, 20 µm. (Right panel) Quantification of α-SMA signal. Young WT n=5, Young Rage-/- n=5, MA WT n=4, MA Rage-/- n=4, Old WT n=4, Old Rage-/- n=5. Each dot represents a mouse; mean ± SD are shown (*, P<0.05; **, P<0.01; ***, P<0.001; 2-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni post-hoc test for multiple comparisons).
Article Snippet: Membranes were probed with antibodies against RAGE (RAGE N-term, 1 μg/ml; #AF1145, R&D Systems Inc.), Collagen I (1 μg/ml; #ab34710, Abcam), Collagen III (0.5 μg/ml; #ab7778, Abcam), α-SMA (0.2 μg/ml; #ab5694; Abcam), TGFbetaR1 (1 μg/ml, ABF17-I, EMD Millipore, USA), βTubulin (1 μg/ml; #T-6199, Sigma-Aldrich), βactin (1:1000; #A5441, Sigma) or GAPDH (0.2 μg/ml, sc-25778, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, Texas, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Marker, Staining