Research Article
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
Table 5
Percentage frequency distribution of apoptotic index (AI) in caspase-3 immunohistochemical stained myocardial sections in the different groups.
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Chi-square 533.86. value < 0.00001. C: control group, STZ-DM: streptozotocin-induced diabetic group, STZ-DM + In: streptozotocin-induced diabetic treated with insulin group, and STZ-DM + Zn: streptozotocin-induced diabetic treated with Zn group. , compared to the control group, compared to the STZ-DM group, and compared to the STZ-DM + Zn group. |