Research Article

Macroautophagy and Selective Mitophagy Ameliorate Chondrogenic Differentiation Potential in Adipose Stem Cells of Equine Metabolic Syndrome: New Findings in the Field of Progenitor Cells Differentiation

Table 1

Criteria for dividing the horses into the experimental and control groups.

Group O (number) Sex Main clinical parameters
Bw
(Kg)
BCS
(1–9)
CNS
(1–5)
Fasting insulin
(mU/mL)
LEP
(ng/mL)
CGIT : GLU in 45 min
(mg/dL)

Healthy horse1f6106173.2174/p
2f64472124.1269/p
3f6277292.8771/p
4m6096181.8689/p
5m64972143.5680/p
6m63962132.9174/p

Mean ± SD629.7 ± 15.76.5 ± 0.51.7 ± 0.510.5 ± 2.63.1 ± 0.776.2 ± 6.7

Horse with EMS1f71083834.89138/p
2f72693675.19141/p
3f76094989.12140/p
4m70983738.49136/p
5m71684697.27134/p
6m74694828.36146/p

Mean ± SD727.8 ± 19.18.5 ± 0.53.5 ± 0.578.7 ± 10.57.2 ± 1.6139.2 ± 3.8

f: female, m: male, BW: body weight, BCS: body condition score, CNS: cresty neck score, CGIT: combined glucose-insulin test, SD: standard deviation, LEP: leptin, GLU: glucose, p: positive test results, and n: negative test results.