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Figure 7 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Figure 7

From: Maternal diabetes induces congenital heart defects in mice by altering the expression of genes involved in cardiovascular development

Figure 7

Ultrastructural features of cardiomyocytes in embryos of control (A, B) and diabetic mice (C, D). Some mitochondria appear to be swollen (C) and the number of myofilaments (D: arrow) decreased in the ventricular wall of embryos from diabetic mice when compared to controls (A, B). Adherence junctions are less dense (asterisk), but normal desmosomes (arrowhead), and detachments of myofilaments (D) are found in the ventricular wall of defective heart in embryos of diabetic mice. Bar A, C 1 μm; B, D 0.5 μm.

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