Academic Editor: Ferdinando Carlo Sasso
Background: Geometrical alterations in the coronary resistance artery
network and the potential involvement of Tenascin C (TNC) extracellular matrix
protein were investigated in diabetic and control mice. Methods:
Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (STZ) injections (n = 7–11 animals in
each group) in Tenascin C KO (TNC KO) mice and their Wild type (A/J) littermates.
After 16–18 weeks the heart was removed and the whole subsurface network of the
left coronary artery was prepared (down to branches of 40