Journal: Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Article Title: Combining sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor with mesenchymal stem cells and brown adipose tissue (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT) transplantation to mitigate the progression of diabetic kidney disease: a pre-clinical approach
doi: 10.1186/s13287-025-04358-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pancreatic islet analysis. A Representative hematoxylin–eosin (HE) staining for morphological evaluation of pancreatic islets at 14–15 and 18–20 weeks of age. B Pancreatic islet area analysis across experimental groups. (* p < 0.05). C Spearman correlation between islets’ area (µm 2 ) and body weight (g). D Representative images for insulin immunohistochemical analysis. E Quantification of insulin-positive cells per pancreatic islets across groups. ( p < 0.05; * vs. BTBR ob/ob ; # vs. SGLT2i; & vs. SGLT2i + CR; $ vs. SGLT2i + CR + BM-MSCs; continuous line indicated difference between time points). Scale bars represent 100 μm in A and D . Error bars represent mean ± SEM; n = 6 animals
Article Snippet: BTBR ob/ob mice (BTBR.Cg-Lepob/WiscJ; 004824-JAX Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA), homozygous for leptin gene knockout, serve as a model for T2DM and DKD.
Techniques: Staining, Immunohistochemical staining