Figure 3.

Capillaries and muscle fibers collected from the gastrocnemius muscle with laser capture microdissection were analyzed for the mRNA expression of VEGF-A and TSP-1. Effects of exercise and diabetes in capillaries are shown in images A and B and in muscle fibers in C and D. The results are expressed as a fold-change (mean ± SE) from the healthy control group, which is set to 1. * P < 0.05 vs. healthy control, # P < 0.05 vs. respective healthy exercised group, † P < 0.05 vs. diabetic sedentary.