Assessment of the Protective Role of Prenatal Zinc versus Insulin Supplementation on Fetal Cardiac Damage Induced by Maternal Diabetes in Rat Using Caspase-3 and KI67 Immunohistochemical Stains

<div>Photomicrograph of caspase-3 immunohistochemical staining (×400) sections in the fetal myocardium. (a) control group. (b) STZ-induced DM group. (c) STZ-induced DM treated with zinc group. (d) STZ-induced DM treated with insulin group. Shown is positive brownish cytoplasmic immunohistochemical staining with caspase-3 in group (b) which seems to be downregulated in both group (c) and group (d); this brownish cytoplasmic immunohistochemical staining is almost absent in group (a).</div>

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Figure 2: Assessment of the Protective Role of Prenatal Zinc versus Insulin Supplementation on Fetal Cardiac Damage Induced by Maternal Diabetes in Rat Using Caspase-3 and KI67 Immunohistochemical Stains 

Figure 2 | Assessment of the Protective Role of Prenatal Zinc versus Insulin Supplementation on Fetal Cardiac Damage Induced by Maternal Diabetes in Rat Using Caspase-3 and KI67 Immunohistochemical Stains 