Research Article

An Altered Pattern of Myocardial Histopathological and Molecular Changes Underlies the Different Characteristics of Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetic Cardiac Dysfunction

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Quantification of histopathological changes of the myocardium in type-1 and type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) models. Mean cardiomyocyte width as marker of myocardial hypertrophy (a), fold change in the number of TUNEL-positive/total cardiomyocyte nuclei (b), semiquantitative histomorphological scoring of nitrotyrosine immunostaining (c), and Masson’s trichrome fibrosis staining (d) in the groups of SD control, streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic SD, Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) lean, and ZDF diabetic rats. Bar graphs represent mean ± SEM. Percent changes between diabetic and corresponding nondiabetic control groups are indicated in both DM models. *: versus the corresponding nondiabetic group.
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