Fig. 2From: Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells prevent the progression of early diabetic nephropathy through inhibiting inflammation and fibrosisTimetable and flowchart of rat treatment and cell therapy as well as the identification of rat DN model. a The flowchart of rat treatment from day 0 to week 8. b The growth curve of body weight. c Blood glucose concentration curve. d 24-h urinary protein. e Urine creatinine. f Urinary albumin/creatinine ratio. N = 5 (control), N = 10 (DN), data are presented as mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs control groupBack to article page