Research Article

Adiponectin Fails in Improving Angiogenic Repair in Streptozocin-Treated or L e p r d b / d b Mice after Hind Limb Ischemia

Table 2

Plasma adiponectin levels in each experimental group.

APN (μg/mL)3 days after gene transfer10 days after gene transfer
TreatmentAd-βgalAd-APNAd-βgalAd-APN

WT 7 . 7 ± 0 . 7 1 5 . 2 ± 3 . 5 8 . 2 ± 0 . 5 1 1 . 2 ± 1 . 2
db1 1 7 . 3 ± 6 . 4 2 9 . 8 ± 3 . 8 1 5 . 2 ± 3 . 5 2 2 . 7 ± 2 . 5
Leprdb/db 1 8 . 0 ± 3 . 8 2 3 . 6 ± 5 . 5 1 5 . 5 ± 2 . 1 1 6 . 9 ± 2 . 7

Measurements were made at 3 and 10 days following gene transfer in mice that were fasted for 6 h ( 𝑛 = 6 for each group). APN: adiponectin (μg/mL). Each value is mean ± S.E.