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From: Telmisartan, an angiotensin-II receptor blocker ameliorates cardiac remodeling in rats with dilated cardiomyopathy

Figure 3

Myocardial messenger RNA expression levels of collagen-I (a), collagen-III (b), TGF-β1 (c) and ANP (d) in rats with CHF were determined by quantitative RT-PCR. The expression level of each sample was expressed relative to the expression level of GAPDH gene. Data are mean±s.e.m. of five–seven rats. Group N, age-matched untreated rats; group V, CHF rats administered with vehicle; group T10, CHF rats treated with telmisartan (10 mg kg–1 day–1). The values are mean±s.e.m. **P<0.01 vs. group N; ##P<0.01 vs. group V.

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