Research Article

Melatonin Ameliorates MI-Induced Cardiac Remodeling and Apoptosis through a JNK/p53-Dependent Mechanism in Diabetes Mellitus

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Effect of melatonin on the cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area and cardiac fibrosis with high-fat diet and/or myocardial infarction. (a) H&E staining and Masson’s trichrome staining. The upper panel exhibits representative images of H&E staining of cardiac tissues. The lower panel depicts representative images of cardiac interstitial fibrosis with Masson’s trichrome staining. (b) Pooled data of the cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area (-25 cells per group). (c) Pooled data of the interstitial fibrotic area of myocardial tissues. CON: normal control; DCM: diabetic cardiomyopathy; DMI: diabetes mellitus with MI; DMI-MEL: diabetes mellitus with MI treated with melatonin. , -4 per group. vs. CON group, # vs. DMI group, and @ vs. DCM group. .
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