1. Effects of angiotensin-II receptor blockers on experimental autoimmune myocarditis 
Xuefei Liu, Xinglei Zhu, Aiying Wang, Hui Fan, Haitao Yuan 
International Journal of Cardiology 
Volume 137, Issue 3, Pages (November 2009)
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2. Fig. 1
Representative M-mode echocardiograms of rats from untreated group and high-dose valsartan-treated group. N represents group N; H represents group H. High-dose valsartan treatment significantly prevented the progression of left ventricular remodeling and heart failure.
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3. Fig. 2
Representative pathological images of hematoxylin–eosin staining of hearts (×200), A–D represent group C, group N, group L and group H separately. The infiltration of inflammatory cells was reduced significantly by valsartan treatment.
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4. Fig. 3
Representative pathological images of Masson's trichrome staining of hearts (×200), A–D represent group C, group N, group L and group H separately. The myocardial fibrosis was reduced by valsartan treatment.
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5. Fig. 4
Results of T lymphocyte proliferation assay of rats from the four groups. Valsartan suppressed lymphocyte proliferation in response to myosin stimulation significantly. *P<0.05 vs. group N; #P<0.05 vs. group L.
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6. Fig. 5
Levels of cytokines of Th1 (IFN-γ and IL-2) and Th2 (IL-4 and IL-10) evaluated by ELISA. Th1 cytokines were significantly down-regulated, while Th2 cytokines were detected to undergo up-regulation by valsartan administration. *P<0.05 vs. group N; #P<0.05 vs. group L.
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