Fig. 7From: Mechanisms of Heshouwuyin in regulating apoptosis of testicular cells in aging rats through mitochondrial pathwayqRT-PCR for key genes regulated by Heshouwuyin in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. The expression levels of key genes in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway were detected by qRT-PCR. Compared with the YCG, caspase-3, SOCS3, GSY2, BAX and DR6 were up-regulated and 14-3-3σ was down-regulated in the NAG; however, Heshouwuyin significantly reversed these trend. YCG: young control group; NAG: natural aging group; SWY1G: Heshouwuyin group 1; SWY2G: Heshouwuyin group 2. Each histogram represents the mean ± SD (n = 3). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01Back to article page