Research Article

Mild Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Reduces the Susceptibility of the Heart to Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Identification of Underlying Gene Expression Changes

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Histological analysis (hematoxylin and eosin staining). (a) Hematoxylin and eosin staining micrographs of transverse sections of myocardium (magnification ×400, scale bar: 50 μm) and (b) quantitative analysis of cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area using measurements of ~20 cardiomyocytes in each group. Data is presented as mean ± SEM. versus W; GK; versus W + MI. MI indicates myocardial infarction; GK: Goto-Kakizaki; W: Wistar.
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