Research Article
Dietary Supplemental Glutamine Enhances the Percentage of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Mice with High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Subjected to Hind Limb Ischemia
Figure 5
Messenger RNA expression of endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) mobilization-related protein in muscle tissues after limb ischemia. HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor-1α; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; SDF-1: stromal cell-derived factor; MMP-9: matrix metalloproteinase-9; HC: high-fat sham-operated group; HI: high-fat ischemia group; HG: high-fat glutamine ischemia group. Values are expressed as the . All data are representative of duplicate measurements on day 1 or 7 ( for the respective groups). Differences among groups were analyzed by a one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test. Significant differences from the two other groups. +Significant differences from the HC group. #Significant differences from the HI group at the same time point ().