Blood-derived angioblasts accelerate blood-flow restoration in diabetic mice
J. Clin. Invest. Gina C. Schatteman, et al. 106:571 doi:10.1172/JCI9087 [Go to this article.]

Figure 3
CD34⁺ cells are present in ischemic limb vasculature. Confocal images of 10-μm sections of muscle from an ischemic limb of two diabetic mice treated with CM-DiI–labeled CD34⁺ cells. Sections from muscle collected 18 days after surgery were immunolabeled with FITC-conjugated anti–Tie-2 Ab. (a and b) The same section. (c and d) The same section. Confocal images of CM-DiI–labeled cells (white arrows) (a, c) that have formed vessels and are Tie-2 immunolabeled (black arrows) (b, d).