Research Article
miR-135a Regulates Atrial Fibrillation by Targeting Smad3
Figure 1
miR-135a was downregulated in AF patients and rats. (a) Relative expressions of miR-135a in the plasma of humans were detected by qRT-PCR; ECG (b), the duration of AF (c), and AERP (d) of rats in the control, AF, and amiodarone treatment group; representative Masson stain and HE stain (e) and collagen volume fraction (f) of rat atrial tissues in the control, AF, and amiodarone treatment group (in Masson stain group: collagen fiber (blue), muscle tissue (red); in HE stain group: nucleus (blue), cytoplasm (red); scale ); (g) mRNA levels of collagen I and α-SMA in atrial tissues in each group; (h) relative expression of miR-135a in plasma of rats in the control, AF, and amiodarone treatment group. (, , ).
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