Influence of Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha on the Outcome of Ischaemic Postconditioning in the Presence of Obesity and Diabetes

Figure 4

Effect of obesity on IPostC-induced cardioprotection in isolated TNF ^−/− mice. IPostC reduced infarct size in the HCD fed mice from 56±2% to 45±4% whereas mice fed the normal diet could not be protected, *𝑃<0.05 versus I/R; 𝑛≥6.