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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 Jul 23;40(9):e240–e255. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314935

Figure 3. Obesity results in increased stiffness and decreased thickness of endothelial glycocalyx.

Figure 3.

Representative atomic force microscopy force-distance curves generated from A) the glycocalyx and B) endothelium of en face arteries. Group data comparing the C) elastic moduli of the endothelial glycocalyx (left column), thickness of the glycocalyx (right column), and D) elastic moduli of the endothelial layer in arteries from lean and obese mice. For elastic modulus data sets, each data point represents the measurements taken from an individual artery (n = 8 or 9 arteries from 5 mice/group, *p<0.05).