Fig. 1
From: MicroRNA profiling of diabetic atherosclerosis in a rat model
A Body weight monitoring of AG and NAG diabetic rats. Rats in the AG group weighed more before week 8, after which time AG rat weight decreased to a statistically significant lower level compared with NAG rats. B Random blood glucose levels in AG and NAG diabetic rats. After week 7 the mean blood glucose of NAG rats remained significantly higher than that of AG rats. C Doppler ultrasound examination of lesion morphology in iliac artery transverse sections in DA and non-DA rats (NAG: a, b, c; AG: d, e, f). Yellow arrows indicate iliac vascular walls. D Aortic, renal, and iliac arteries. Green arrow: aorta. Blue arrow: renal artery. Yellow arrows indicate the iliac artery where samples were collected. Red arrow indicates the iliac artery transverse section analyzed by Doppler ultrasound. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01