Angioblast Derived from ES Cells Construct Blood Vessels and Ameliorate Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Mice

Table 2

Body weight, blood glucose, and HbA1c levels.

	Normal mice			Diabetic mice
	Before transplantation	After transplantation		Before transplantation	After transplantation
		Saline	ES-AB		Saline	ES-AB
HbA1c (%)	4.0 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.2	7.3 ± 1.4^**	7.7 ± 2.1^##	7.7 ± 2.5^##
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	9.1 ± 1.6	9.2 ± 1.6	9.1 ± 1.6	23.1 ± 2.8^**	25.8 ± 8.0^##	24.2 ± 9.0^##
Body weight (g)	30.6 ± 2.7	31.3 ± 3.0	31.9 ± 3.7	26.1 ± 3.1^**	25.3 ± 3.2^##	27.6 ± 1.6^##

Results are means ± SD. ES-AB: mice transplanted angioblast-like cells induced from embryonic stem cell. ^** versus pretreatment normal mice. ^## versus posttreatment normal mice.