Research Article

Ageing Increases Cardiac Electrical Remodelling in Rats and Mice via NOX4/ROS/CaMKII-Mediated Calcium Signalling

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Effects of ageing on cardiac function, hypertrophy, and fibrosis. (a, b) The echocardiography showing the effect of ageing on cardiac function (). (c) Masson staining of cardiac coronal sections in young and old heart tissues, scale bar: 2 mm. (d) Histogram of heart weight/body weight ratios (HW/BW) (). (e) Masson staining of cardiac cross-sections, scale bar: 20 μm. (f) Histograms of the cross-sectional area (, each group) and collagen volume (, each group). (g) Original image of Western blotting showing the band of Periostin (Postn) and GAPDH. (h) Histograms of the protein expression level of periostin (Postn). (young group), 8 (old group). Compared with the young group, , , and .
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