Fig 1. Plasma glucose levels (A) and body weights (B) in control, diabetic and insulin-treated diabetic rats.

(A) Plasma glucose levels were significantly increased one day after STZ injection in both diabetic groups compared to controls. (B) Initial body weights were not significantly different between diabetic and control rats. The blue line is for Control rats, the red line for Diabetic rats, and the green line is for Insulin-treated diabetic rats. Cross-sectional analysis using non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis followed by Bonferroni correction was employed to assess the difference between the groups at each time point. * represents a significant difference between diabetes and control groups with p<0.03, and # represents a significant difference between insulin-treated diabetes and diabetes groups with p = 0.02.