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Fig. 6 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 6

From: Activation of the cardiac non-neuronal cholinergic system prevents the development of diabetes-associated cardiovascular complications

Fig. 6

Reduced fibrosis in the db/db-ChAT-tg mice heart. Representative brightfield and polarized images from picrosirius staining showing the cardiac fibrosis in the db/db and db/db-ChAT-tg mice at early and established stage of diabetes. The bar graphs with scatter plots summarize the fold change of fibrotic area in the db/db and db/db-ChAT-tg mice hearts at both stages. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. A non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test was performed. #p < 0.05 vs aged-matched db/db mice. The number of samples per group is indicated in the figure

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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