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

Table 4

Plasma endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) mobilization-related protein levels after limb ischemia.

HCHIHG

SDF-1 (pg/ml)
D1
D7
VEGF (pg/ml)
D1
D7
MMP-9 (ng/ml)
D1
D7

Data are expressed as the . NC: normal control group; HC: high-fat control group; HI: high-fat ischemia group; HG: high-fat glutamine ischemia group; SDF: stromal cell-derived factor; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; MMP: matrix metalloproteinase. 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.