Figure 5From: Corticosteroid effects on ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction in anesthetized rats depend on the dose administered Western blot analysis of αII-spectrin. Densitometric values for αII-spectrin degradation by caspase-3. Values are shown as the ratio of degraded αII-spectrin to intact protein and are expressed as means ± SD, *p < 0.01 vs C, #p < 0.05 vs CMV.Back to article page