CD36 and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: Analysis by western blot of the protein levels of CD36 confirmed that expression of this protein was significantly higher (p = 0.013, Mann-Whitney test) in the cardiac tissue of patients with HF of dilated aetiology (DCM; n = 7) than in those of ischaemic aetiology (ICM; n = 7) (Fig. 1).