Figure 3.

Arteriogenesis in aSMActin stained adductor muscles. (A) Representative image of the left ischaemic adductor muscle of C57BL/6 mice sacrificed 28 days after surgery, stained with aSMActin (20× magnification) and (B) Irf3^−/− mice and (C) Irf7^−/− mice. (D) Left ischaemic/right non‐ischaemic ratio is shown of the αASMActin positive arteriole area (µm²). (E) Left ischaemic/right non‐ischaemic ratio is shown of the number of arterioles. Data is presented as mean SEM; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, a 2‐tailed Student's t test was used. C57BL/6 n = 6, Irf3^−/− and Irf7^−/− n = 7