Research Article

Reactive Oxygen Species from NADPH Oxidase and Mitochondria Participate in the Proliferation of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells from a Model of Metabolic Syndrome

Figure 1

The proliferation of SMCs from C rats (open bars) and SF (black bars) in the presence of 10% SFB was determined by quantifying DNA using DAPI (0.5 μM) as a fluorescent probe. The SMCs were cultured at different growth times 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h. The values correspond to the medium of the amount of DNA (ng) ± SE ( independent experiments and each experiment corresponds to one animal). corresponds to C vs. SF.