Figure 7. Metformin modulated mRNA expression of the angiogenic genes in pancreatic tumors.
(A–C) Relative mRNA expression of VEGFα (A), TSP-1 (B) and PAI-1 (C) in pancreatic tumors. Values are expressed as fold of the saline-treated control and are means ± SEM, n = 9 or 10 means of triplicate measures. No statistically significant changes of mRNA expression of VEGFα, TSP-1 and PAI-1 were observed in metformin treated groups (Met_1wk and Met_3wk), compared to the untreated control.