American Diabetes Association

TABLE 1

Pericyte ghost counts

	Nondiabetic	Diabetic
Wild type (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	11.0 ± 2.0	22.0 ± 2.5^*
5-Lipoxygenase–deficient (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	12.3 ± 3.1	14.8 ± 3.0
12-Lipoxygenase–deficient (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	13.2 ± 2.4	18.2 ± 2.4^†

	Nondiabetic	Diabetic
Wild type (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	11.0 ± 2.0	22.0 ± 2.5^*
5-Lipoxygenase–deficient (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	12.3 ± 3.1	14.8 ± 3.0
12-Lipoxygenase–deficient (pericyte ghosts/1,000 cells)	13.2 ± 2.4	18.2 ± 2.4^†

Data represents six to eight animals per experimental group.

P < 0.005 compared with nondiabetic wild type mice;

†

P < 0.01 compared to non-diabetic wild-type or 12-lipoxygenase–deficient mice.