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. 2017 Jul 11;2017:5343972. doi: 10.1155/2017/5343972

Figure 5.

Figure 5

(a) Quantitative analysis of collagen volume fraction in SEN and INT areas, performed 8 weeks after diabetes induction. θp < 0.05 versus the DM SEN area; ∗p < 0.01 versus the CT SEN area; †p < 0.01 versus the CT INT area. Data expressed in mean ± SEM. (b) Representative photomicrograph of SEN and INT areas, showing myocardial fibrosis in Masson's trichrome stain. Blue staining indicates the myocardial fibrosis under 200x magnification. Bars: 100 μm. Western blot protein expression analysis depicting collagen I (c) and collagen III (d), performed 8 weeks after diabetes induction. ∗p < 0.05 versus the CT group. Data expressed in mean ± SEM in all plots.