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Table 1 Comparison of hematological parameters between rats infused with T2D+saline and T2D+WJMSCs-apelin after 42 days

From: Overexpression of apelin in Wharton’ jelly mesenchymal stem cell reverses insulin resistance and promotes pancreatic β cell proliferation in type 2 diabetic rats

Item

Group

T2D+WJMSCs-apelin (B)

T2D+saline (D)

Sham (N)

P value (B&D)

P value (B&N)

P value (D&N)

High-density lipoprotein

1.06 ± 0.11

0.97 ± 0.36

1.03 ± 0.09

0.43

0.46

0.64

Low-density lipoprotein

0.38 ± 0.07

0.38 ± 0.27

0.41 ± 0.09

0.97

0.42

0.73

Serum total protein

63.36 ± 2.73

76.59 ± 25.83

66.01 ± 4.20

0.09

0.09

0.22

Alanine aminotransferase

53.50 ± 10.68

61.59 ± 50.27

59.66 ± 14.66

0.59

0.28

0.91

Total cholesterol

2.02 ± 0.18

2.43 ± 1.07

1.77 ± 0.39

0.21

0.55

0.08

Triglyceride

2.32 ± 1.25

5.31 ± 7.60

0.98 ± 0.56

0.09

0.005

0.09

Serum albumin

29.11 ± 1.32

32.13 ± 5.73

33.95 ± 2.65

0.09

< 0.0001

0.37

Urea nitrogen

5.78 ± 0.68

10.63 ± 11.91

6.63 ± 0.70

0.17

0.01

0.30

Creatinine

44.65 ± 3.59

66.84 ± 41.86

43.34 ± 2.65

0.08

0.35

0.09

Uric acid

60.08 ± 44.16

49.17 ± 37.49

72.00 ± 34.36

0.52

0.50

0.16

TNF-α (pg/mL)

14.3 ± 3.14

51.2 ± 9

8.22 ± 2.11

0.007

0.003

0.004

IL-6 (pg/mL)

50.21 ± 3.7

147.6 ± 7.13

42.03 ± 4.6

0.0002

0.011

< 0.0001

APN (μg/mL)

9.36 ± 2.21

6.46 ± 5.10

11.68 ± 2.17

0.11

0.012

0.027

  1. Plus–minus values are means ± SE. P values of between-group comparisons were determined by Student’s T test or nonparametric Mann–Whitney U tests. P values of within-group comparisons were determined by ANOVA with 95% CIs. P > 0.05 not statistically significant. B, type 2 diabetic rats infused with WJMSCs-apelin; D, type 2 diabetic rats infused with saline; N, sham; T2D+saline, type 2 diabetic rat with saline infusion; T2D+WJMSCs-apelin, type 2 diabetic rat with Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cell-apelin infusion. B&D, comparison between T2D-WJMSCs-apelin and T2D-saline; B&N, comparison between T2D-WJMSCs-apelin and sham; D&N, comparison between T2D-saline and sham