Research Article

Potential Novel Biomarkers for Diabetic Testicular Damage in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats: Nerve Growth Factor Beta and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

Table 1

Seminiferous tubule diameter (STD), thickness of STBM, Johnsen’s scores, TUNEL-positive cells, and VEGF-positive cells in the testes of rats.

MicrometerMicrometerJohnsen’s scoreTUNEL+ cellVEGF+ cell

Control 377.3 ± 12.44.6 ± 0.29.2 ± 0.46.5 ± 0.92.7 ± 0.2
DM221.4 ± 14.8*6.4 ± 0.2*4.8 ± 0.4*68.2 ± 1.3*1.2 ± 0.2*

compared with control group. DM: diabetes mellitus.