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Fig. 6

From: Nerve Growth Factor Prevents Both Neuroretinal Programmed Cell Death and Capillary Pathology in Experimental Diabetes

Fig. 6

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.

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