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Fig. 2

From: Binge drinking affects kidney function, osmotic balance, aldosterone levels, and arterial pressure in adolescent rats: the potential hypotensive effect of selenium mediated by improvements in oxidative balance

Fig. 2

Expression of selenoproteins (a GPx1; b GPx3; c GPx4; and d SelP), NF-κB (e), and caspase (f) in the kidneys of adolescent rats. Representative western blots of these proteins (normalized to β-actin) are shown (g). The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM and were analyzed by multifactorial analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) followed by Tukey’s test. The number of animals in each group was 8. Groups: C, control group; BD, binge-drinking group; CSe, control selenium-supplemented group; BDSe, binge-drinking selenium-supplemented group. Significant differences between groups are expressed as p values and are indicated by the asterisk for comparisons between the C and BD groups, by the superscript ‘a' for comparisons between the BD and BDSe groups, by the superscript ‘c' for comparisons between the C and CSe groups, and by the superscripted solid circle for comparisons between the CSe and BDSe groups

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