Fig. 5.

5-MTP pretreatment inhibited LPS-induced cardiac apoptosis in mice. A, B and C the protein expression levels of pro-apoptotic proteins, like cleaved-Casepase-1, cleaved-Casepase-3 and Bax, were evaluated by western blot assay (n = 8). D the protein expression level of anti-apoptotic protein (Bcl-2) was assessed by western blot assay (n = 8). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Data represent the mean ± SD of at least 3 times of separate experiments