Interplay between autophagy and apoptosis in selenium deficient cardiomyocytes in chicken

Chickens were divided into two groups, Control (C group) and Se deficiency (L group), its diets Se content is 0.23 and 0.033 mg/kg respectively. Blood and heart tissue samples was collected for detecting the activities of serum creatine kinase (CK) and creatine kinase-myoglobin (CK-MB), ultrastructural observation, Western blot and RT-PCR respectively.51