Fig 4. Peripheral blood neutrophil NGAL and MMP-9 at days 3, 6 and 12 post-implant surgery.

(A) Neutrophil number as measured by flow cytometry and (B) Gene expression data for NGAL, MMP-9 and MMP-8. (C) Representative and group data for neutrophil NGAL and MMP-9 and their co-localisation at day 6. Results from Control (CON) diabetic (DM) and Insulin treated DM (DM+INS) animals are expressed as Mean ± SEM. * P<0.05 vs. CON, ^#P <0.05 vs DM