Skip to main content
Fig. 5 | Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Fig. 5

From: Comparison between effects of pressure support and pressure-controlled ventilation on lung and diaphragmatic damage in experimental emphysema

Fig. 5

Expression of biological markers in diaphragm tissue. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of biological markers associated with muscle proteolysis: muscle atrophy F-Box (MAFbx) and muscle RING finger-1 (MuRF1). Relative gene expression was calculated as a ratio of the average gene expression levels compared with the reference gene (36B4) and expressed as fold change relative to NV (non-ventilated) animals in the control and emphysema groups. PCV pressure-controlled ventilation, PSV pressure support ventilation. Boxes show the interquartile (25–75 %) range, whiskers encompass the range (minimum–maximum), and horizontal lines represent the median in six animals/group.*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

Back to article page