Effect of Propionic Acid on Diabetes-Induced Impairment of Unfolded Protein Response Signaling and Astrocyte/Microglia Crosstalk in Rat Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus

Table 3

Structural ER parameters after metformin and propionate administration on the background of T2DM.

Groups	Control group	T2DM group	T2DM+metformin group	T2DM+PA group	T2DM+metformin and PA group
Relative area of ER membranes (Smembr)				^,#
Relative area of ER cisterns (Scist)				^,#	^,#
Ratio Scist/Smembr				^,#
Total fraction of ER in the cell
Ratio of the area of the perinuclear space/length of the nucleus perimeter				^,#

Note: Values are given as (); vs. control, vs. T2DM, ^# vs. metformin administration, and ^@ vs. PA administration.