Fig. 1

Immunohistochemistry. Exemplary pictures (top left native, top right WT CS Txt, bottom left CSE^−/− CS Txt, bottom right CSE^−/− CS Txt GYY4137, respectively) of left-ventricular myocardium (ventricular lumen to the right) and densitometric analysis for OTR expression (a, b), AVPR expression (c, d), and VEGF expression (e, f). Data given as box plots (median, interquartile range, minimum and maximum). Boxplots represent N = 4 (native) and N = 8 (experimental groups). Open arrow cardiomyocyte, bold arrow cardiac microvasculature