Gene expression profile in the rat heart across hear regions [array]

To characterize a expression patterns in the heart, we used rat. 12 Wistar male rats (8 - 11 weeks) were sacrificed. Left atrium (LA) adjacent to the pulmonary vein (PV), a mass of left ventricle (LV), and free-wall of the right ventricle (RV) was isolated. Each LV mass was dissected into three pieces as samples. Because the SAN isolation procedure takes approximately 20 minutes, SA was isolated separately. The SA region was delimited by the borders of the crista terminalis, the interatrial septum, the superior vena cava, and right atrium (RA). In addition to PV, LV, RV, SA, and RA samples, pulmonary arteries were added to the samples for the rat microarray. 23 samples