Research Article

Amlodipine Ameliorates Ischemia-Induced Neovascularization in Diabetic Rats through Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilization

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Effects of amlodipine and perindopril on left ventricular structure in diabetic rats after AMI. (a) Masson’s trichrome staining of myocardial sections after four weeks of treatment, with analysis of infarct size, infarct scar thickness, and cardiac remodeling by quantification of left ventricular (LV) diameter and wall thickness. (b) Masson’s trichrome staining showing myocardial fibrosis in the three groups. (c) Cardiomyocyte apoptosis as revealed by triple-staining with TUNEL (green, arrows), anti-α-sarcomeric actin antibody (red), and DAPI (blue) in the infarct border zone. per group. and . Scale bar = 100 μm for (b) and scale bar = 50 μm for (c).
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