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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: World J Surg. 2010 Apr;34(4):625–627. doi: 10.1007/s00268-009-0246-5

Figure 1. Blood Glucose Levels in Transplanted Rodents.

Figure 1

(A) Figure presents mean fasting serum glucose level in animals within the 60 days follow-up. Mean fasting glucose level oscillates below 110 mg/dL for animals from group 1 (gel + VEGF/PDGF), whereas in other groups it was statistically higher, ANOVA, p<0.05. As an additional control, removal of the scaffolds in normoglycemic animals from the gel + VEGF/PDGF group on day +60 led to prompt return of diabetes and hyperglycemia. Error bars represent S.E.M. (B) Islet grafting success rate. Number of animals out of six total achieving euglycemia following syngeneic islet transplantation is shown on the Y axis. Euglycemia was defined as four-hour fasting glucose < 110 mg/dL on post transplant days +5 through +60. The statistical significance of the differences in grafting success rate among the different treatment groups is shown and was determined by ANOVA using the blood glucose measurements obtained in the 55 day post transplant window.