Similarly, there was no significant difference between groups in molecular markers of the induction of pathological cardiac hypertrophy, such as reciprocal changes in the expression of the myosin heavy chain genes Myh6 and Myh7 (Figure 7E) or increased expression of the natriuretic peptide genes Nppa and Nppb (Figure 7F). Here, NPPA is linked to cardiac hypertrophy.