Figure 5
Tyrosine nitration of proteins is not increased by the transauricular balloon angioplasty. a. Western Blot analysis for 3′-nitrotyrosine (upper panel) and β-actin (lower panel) in total protein lysates of descending aortas. b. The protein amounts were quantified by densitometric analysis of the corresponding bands and the ratio of nitrated proteins/β-actin was calculated for each lane. Results are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. of the percentage change of the amounts of 3′-nitrotyrosine compared with control animals. n.s, not statistically significant.