Research Article

Bcl-2 Is Involved in Cardiac Hypertrophy through PI3K-Akt Pathway

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PI3K-Akt signaling pathway was involved in the response to hypertrophic stimuli: (a) histological analyses of the hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of each group of mice at 8 weeks after TAC or sham surgery (); (b) statistical results for the cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area (CSA, cells); (c) real-time PCR analysis of the hypertrophy markers atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC); (d) the levels of total and phosphorylated AKT, GSK3β, mTOR, PI3K, P70S6K, and eIF-4E expression in heart tissues of mice in the indicated groups; (e) quantitative results of (d) (). versus Sham group.
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