Fig. 2

ERβ activation is associated with reduced cardiac hypertrophy and decreased expression levels of fetal gene transcripts. a Heart weight to body weight ratio (HW/BW) in mg/g. b Myocyte cross-sectional diameter (CSD) normalized to CTRL. c Relative transcript expression normalized to CTRL of ANF in CTRL (sham-operated animals), HF, after PPT, or DPN treatment (n = 3–6 mice/group). *P < 0.05 vs. CTRL, **P < 0.001 vs. CTRL, ^{^}P < 0.05 vs. HF, ^{^^}P < 0.001 vs. HF, and ^$$P < 0.001 vs. PPT