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Table 3 Vascular morphology of the carotid artery and aorta of normal and streptozotocin-induced type I diabetic rats

From: Nestin downregulation in rat vascular smooth muscle cells represents an early marker of vascular disease in experimental type I diabetes

 

Carotid artery

Aortic arch

Thoracic aorta

Abdominal aorta

Sham (N = 4)

STZ (N = 4)

Sham (N = 4)

STZ (N = 4)

Sham (N = 4)

STZ (N = 4)

Sham (N = 4)

STZ (N = 4)

Medial thickness (mm)

0.063 ± 0.002

0.066 ± 0.002

0.15 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.01

Medial area (mm2)

0.147 ± 0.006

0.148 ± 0.011

0.82 ± 0.06

0.82 ± 0.04

0.59 ± 0.08

0.55 ± 0.05

0.44 ± 0.01

0.55 ± 0.01

  1. STZ indicates streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, data are presented as mean ± SEM, and (N) number of rats examined.