Fig. 6From: Nerve Growth Factor Prevents Both Neuroretinal Programmed Cell Death and Capillary Pathology in Experimental Diabetes Effect of diabetes and NGF treatment on pericyte loss and acellular capillary formation The number of pericytes and acellular capillaries in nondiabetes (NC), untreated diabetics (DC), and NGF-treated diabetics (D-NGF) was determined as described in Materials and Methods. For pericytes, p < 0.001 NC versus DC and DC versus D-NGF. p < 0.05 NC versus D-NGF. For acellular capillaries p < 0.001 NC versus DC and DC versus D-NGF. p < 0.01 NC versus D-NGF.Back to article page