Fig. 7.
CTRP9 reduces myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced diabetic mice. CTRP9 reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis of HFD mice subjected to MI/R. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis determined by a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) and b Caspase-3 activity. c CTRP9 reduced infarct size determined by Evans blue/2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride double-staining technique in HFD mice subjected to MI/R. n = 5–8 hearts per group. **p < 0.01 vs. sham. ##p < 0.01 versus vehicle group
