Fig 6. Effect of maternal environment on the structure and mechanical properties of mesenteric resistance arteries from juvenile (6 week-old) wild type (WT) male offspring of WT-control or Lepr^db/+ (db/+) dams.

(A) Pressure-diameter curves of blood vessels kept under passive conditions. (B) Strain-stress relationship curves of mesenteric arteries kept under passive conditions at different intravascular pressures. (C) Elastic moduli of mesenteric arteries kept under passive conditions at different intravascular pressures. (D) Cross sectional area (CSA) of the vascular wall in mesenteric arteries kept under passive conditions at different intravascular pressures. (E) Vascular wall to intravascular lumen ratio of mesenteric arteries kept under passive conditions at different intravascular pressures. (F) Compliance of mesenteric arteries kept under passive conditions at different intravascular pressures. Data are means ± SEM of n = 5 number of animals (vessels) per treatment group combination.