Table 1 Relative expression of mRNA for myosin heavy chain isoforms as determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
From: Myosin heavy chain and physiological adaptation of the rat diaphragm in elastase-induced emphysema
Source | Expressed MHC mRNA (percentages of total) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Embryonic | Neonatal | I | IIa | IIx | IIb |
Control (n = 11) | 0 | 0 | 26.0 ± 0.66 | 20.2 ± 1.3 | 32.1 ± 0.32 | 21.6 ± 1.9 |
Emphysema (n = 9) | 0 | 0 | 27.6 ± 1.2 | 23.6 ± 1.6 | 34.0 ± 1.1 | 14.9 ± 2.8* |