Fig. 6

Assessment of apoptosis, inflammation and autophagy in myocardium from area-at-risk from WT and BECN^+/− mice following MI procedure with or without MSCs transplantation. a Representative immunoblots depicting levels of Bax, Bcl2, IL1β, TNFα, Beclin1, LC3B and p62 using specific antibodies (GAPDH or α-Tubulin as loading controls); b Bax levels; c Bcl2 levels; d IL1 levels; e TNFα levels; f Beclin1 levels; g LC3B ratio; and h p62 levels. Mean ± SEM, n = 5–7 mice per group, * p < 0.05 between indicated groups