Fig. 8From: Diabetes is accompanied by secretion of pro-atherosclerotic exosomes from vascular smooth muscle cellsDVEs, but not NVEs, promote atherosclerotic lesion formation. A Representative images of Oil Red O staining from ApoE−/− mice maintained on a Western diet (42% fat) and receiving an injection of 5 × 10.7 DVEs (n = 5) or NVEs (n = 5) or saline (n = 5) every other day for 6 weeks. B Mean atherosclerotic plaque area in ApoE−/− mice maintained on a Western diet (42% fat) and receiving an injection of 5 × 107 DVEs (n = 5) or NVEs (n = 5) or saline (n = 5) every other day for 6 weeks. *p < 0.05Back to article page