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Figure 7 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Figure 7

From: Far infra-red therapy promotes ischemia-induced angiogenesis in diabetic mice and restores high glucose-suppressed endothelial progenitor cell functions

Figure 7

IFR treated-EPC transplantation improved blood perfusion in the ischemic hindlimb. (A) Representative images of hindlimb blood flow measured by laser Doppler and quantitative analysis of blood flow expressed as perfusion ratio of the ischemic to the contralateral (non-operated) hindlimb immediately after hindlimb ischemia surgery and 3 weeks after intramuscular injection of normal saline, EPC-treated with high glucose (EPC-HG), EPC-treated with high glucose and FIR therapy (EPC-HG + IFR), or EPC treated with high glucose and IFR and eNOS siRNA (EPC-HG + eNOS siRNA + IFR). (*p < 0.05 compared with control; #p < 0.05 compared with EPC-HG + IFR; n = 6).

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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